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  • #46
    Pear shaped BenjaMia Oven

    Yes Frances, I did the stand to roughly match the oven. (made sense to me)I'm still working on terminology for this one....ovoid, teardrop, egg, pear... it's really just a slightly stretched dome...42x50 in the planning stage.

    Pear might be best as the "stem" will be the entry arch...

    And for fun, I'm going to make the same shaped pizza's!

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    ...broke down and bought new firebricks for the hearth!
    Sharing life's positives and loving the slow food lane

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    • #47
      First Hearth Layer

      Framing up the structural hearth layer.
      Sharing life's positives and loving the slow food lane

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      • #48
        Re: Ben and Mia's Oven

        Put in the rebar including used rebar from the concrete recycling center (picked up for free)

        Also built a frame for the island hearth to go on the slab.

        Now thinking about thermocouple tubes.....
        Sharing life's positives and loving the slow food lane

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        • #49
          Building improvements

          Took a break to put some wrap on the building and some tarpaper.

          ....probably helping to hold the wreck together...it's made from recycled pallets
          Sharing life's positives and loving the slow food lane

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          • #50
            The brickyard

            Brick soaker

            Tile saw (borrowed
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            • #51
              Playing with bricks

              Note the different colors....

              used and different bricks from different places
              Sharing life's positives and loving the slow food lane

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              • #52
                Trial runs....

                Laid out the full sized bricks to find out how many I needed. These are the better ones that will be the first course.
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                • #53
                  Arch form too!

                  Made my arch form for the oven 20 inches wide, 13 inches high.

                  What about a rustic brick look?
                  Sharing life's positives and loving the slow food lane

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                  • #54
                    bag vs redimix

                    I needed one yard for the hearth pour...

                    mimimum delivery is for 2 yards

                    ...so I'm looking where I can pour another yard
                    ...to avoid mixing up 40 - 50 bags
                    ...and the Chiro bill!
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                    • #55
                      Re: bag vs redimix

                      Originally posted by SpringJim View Post
                      I needed one yard for the hearth pour...

                      mimimum delivery is for 2 yards

                      ...so I'm looking where I can pour another yard
                      ...to avoid mixing up 40 - 50 bags
                      ...and the Chiro bill!

                      i bought a sand and gravel mix
                      and 3 bags of portland cement

                      my hearth cost about 50 bucks plus 2 hours work.
                      My thread:
                      http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/f8/d...ress-2476.html
                      My costs:
                      http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?k...Xr0fvgxuh4s7Hw
                      My pics:
                      http://picasaweb.google.com/dawatsonator

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                      • #56
                        Re: Ben and Mia's Oven

                        You know Dave, I should probably just go back and get a couple of tons of the recycled concrete sand and gravel mix......$12 plus some portland $30...and it would be about $50 too!

                        did you mix by hand or have a mixer?
                        Sharing life's positives and loving the slow food lane

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                        • #57
                          Re: Ben and Mia's Oven

                          O where O where does the time go...

                          I was looking for information on this build since the brain cells are challenged!

                          Nice to have the record here@!

                          Hope everyone is doing well.
                          SJ
                          Sharing life's positives and loving the slow food lane

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