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Weather has been against me down there - it never got above 2 degrees last Saturday, with a wind off the range that definitely wiped the smile off your face!
I have only managed another 2-3 courses on top of what the last pics shows, and added in the thermal break betweeen the chimney and oven body (Perlcrete) - but no pics of that yet though sorry!
nice build...on my 81 inch dome, I forgot the "crush" factor between the main thermal mass dome and the outer arch and cracked the shit out of the arch, when I fired it to over 1200 F
Trying to learn what I can about flours, fermentation and flames...
yeah, did it within the first week of firing..got a hold of some kiln dried red oak, white oak and hickory and over fired her...thought she was hot, took a temp shot...off the scale, hooked up a few of the buried temp probes to a reader....eeek!....1150, 1190, 1210, different points, pulled some wood out, bricked up the opening and hoped for the best. The dome swelled and pushed against the fixed parts of the outer arch, creating the cracks pictured in the build thread..thanks for watching, by the way...like your style
Trying to learn what I can about flours, fermentation and flames...
here is some more progress, Didn't get as much done as I wanted too, but also got to spend a day in the mountains which was fantastic and very much needed!
poor pic of the perlcrete thermal break:
Chimney transition going up...
Starting the chimney proper:
up she goes:
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No more progress unfortunately.... Too busy with other unimportant shit
I really want to get the opening archway finished, so I can complete the front wall and get the oven vault sealed off from the weather.
it's hard to get an accurate idea of how the oven's going to perform with no roof or insulation in it! Every time I fire it - I'm driving out some sort of moisture.
I still have to pour the prep-bench top also. I need to do this so I can give back my neighbours cement mixer that I've had for over a year!
I did notice a little smoke escaping from the dome last time I fired it on the right hand side.. so I will have to plug that with some mortar.
It's a busy time of year at the farm... tending to the orchard... starting to spray for pest weeds etc.. burning off / hazard reduction..
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