Hello!
This is obviously my first post, but I've been lurking for a bit.. so much great info here!
I have a question for the more experienced about the stand. I am building a 36" oven. The pompeii oven plans call for a stand width of 63" (for clarification, when I say "width" I'm imagining staring at the front of the oven, from the outside of one block on the left, to the outside of the block on the right). I scaled mine down a bit to 56", but now I'm drawing out the oven floor on the hearth (which should have a width of 56" as well, assuming the hearth is framed around the outside of the stand) and it seems I have a lot of excess space on the sides. I understand the need for excess space on the front for landing area, but don't see why I would need 10" on each side? I'm assuming the oven floor is 36" in diameter.
That just seems like a waste of material. So, If I shrink my stand width down to 48", that leaves me with 6" on each side of the oven floor.
However, I'm unsure of myself and feel I may be missing something. Can someone clarify this for me, or assure me that my thinking is correct? Looking at the pictures, it looks like a lot of stands have just a few inches on the sides once the dome is completed.
Thanks,
Justin
This is obviously my first post, but I've been lurking for a bit.. so much great info here!
I have a question for the more experienced about the stand. I am building a 36" oven. The pompeii oven plans call for a stand width of 63" (for clarification, when I say "width" I'm imagining staring at the front of the oven, from the outside of one block on the left, to the outside of the block on the right). I scaled mine down a bit to 56", but now I'm drawing out the oven floor on the hearth (which should have a width of 56" as well, assuming the hearth is framed around the outside of the stand) and it seems I have a lot of excess space on the sides. I understand the need for excess space on the front for landing area, but don't see why I would need 10" on each side? I'm assuming the oven floor is 36" in diameter.
That just seems like a waste of material. So, If I shrink my stand width down to 48", that leaves me with 6" on each side of the oven floor.
However, I'm unsure of myself and feel I may be missing something. Can someone clarify this for me, or assure me that my thinking is correct? Looking at the pictures, it looks like a lot of stands have just a few inches on the sides once the dome is completed.
Thanks,
Justin
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