42" Oven

[gdest]

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Looking good!

Gary

[doobie dee]

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Started the transition...what a handful! I found that if I lay two brick, support them with a piece of wood, go and cut two brick, mix the mortar for the two brick, that the two that were laid are set enough to lay the next two. It goes much quicker than it sounds. Here are some pix to show what I mean. Starting to actually look like a pizza oven.

[BarryKeith]

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Have the wife and kids come out and hold the bricks. Make it a family project.

[doobie dee]

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I wish there was an easy clamp (similar to the one I made my tool out of) that was bigger and could somehow fit over the brick. Then I'd buy about 5 of them and use them. It seems that by the time I'm on number 6 that the previous ones have set enough to hold. But, it's definitely something to think about BEFORE mixing your precious HeatStop 50. It must've been something hilarious for my wife and neighbors to catch a glimpse of me frantically trying to keep the bricks up, at the same time trying not to let the mortar set in my pail...ha.

[gdest]

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Hey Les

Isn't hot glue more of a women's tool? My wife uses it all the time. Now Duct Tape thats the real handy mans fix all!

This is what I have been worrying about too, since I only get to work on my oven 2-3 days a month. I've been thinking about making some internal forms that will help support the brick.

[Les]

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You are mortaring the brick so my approach of hot melt glue will not work. You need to use more "tools" or build some quarter veins to hold more brick at the same time. You are seeing a problem at this level - trust me, it gets WAY worse at level 9 plus. You could stay the course and just give it time and enjoy the build.

Les...

[doobie dee]

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Just finished the 5th course and polished up the arch. Man, the courses start taking longer now that gravity is having its way. Any suggestions on keeping the brick from falling as I'm laying it? The tool works but only so much. Here are some pix.

[gdest]

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You just made me sooooo sad! It looks so much beeter then mine

[fxpose]

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That's a pretty arch.

George

[BarryKeith]

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Looks good.

[doobie dee]

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Just finished my first arch...pain in the boodie building the form but it worked out pretty well...I'll take the grinder to it when it hardens and smooth out the rough edges. I think I'm glad I used the splits.

I was starting on the next couple of courses when it started hailing on me...it's mid-June.

[John K]

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Hey John,
Thanks. Have a question. What do rebating my opening/inner arch refer to?

That must be Aussie for a reveal.

Hi Guys

Should have used the correct terminology, I meant reveal.

I use to be a cabinet maker hence the use of Rebating

[Tscarborough]

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Splits vertically would work well.

[Tscarborough]

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That must be Aussie for a reveal.

[doobie dee]

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I'm thinking about using splits on my inner arch. Has anyone else tried using splits? I was thinking it could help with smaller joints.