WFO Build in Connecticut

[Bookemdanno]

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Love it!!!
I had me one of those in reserve, but my impatience got the better of me earlier so i wouldn't work. I made a full plywood "George" form-an for the last four chains i think it was!

Good work, and i'm looking forward to seeing the inside! This is my parrallel universe build.

[flyfisherx]

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Thanks Danno....I have to clean it up a bit before I post the next set of pics. Soon to come.....

[UtahBeehiver]

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Hey Fish,

Looks good, know what you mean about sticks and IT I am at the same stage ready to make the transition. Not sure the better half will let me use her excercise ball. Maybe I can sneak a use when she is shopping then play dumb? Second thought, not a good idea I my end. Anyway almost there.............

[texman]

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No fair! You cheated yourself from the stick falling, backbreaking, mortar mess, brick falling, sweating, brick slipping beauty of using sticks! Great job.
Tracy

[Bacterium]

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Good thing about exercise ball is you can tweak it with a bit of air, if you have an air compressor handy.

Just a thought on the disk method ..... I noticed Karangi used a bottle jack so I wonder if trolley jack would be easier. When I get to my dome I was thinking of using it with the plywood disk, could remove it over multiple courses and trim disk down as you go as well.

[Gulf]

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Good thing about exercise ball is you can tweak it with a bit of air, if you have an air compressor handy.

Just a thought on the disk method ..... I noticed Karangi used a bottle jack so I wonder if trolley jack would be easier. When I get to my dome I was thinking of using it with the plywood disk, could remove it over multiple courses and trim disk down as you go as well.

I followed Doug's lead too, on the plywood disc.
You really don't have to trim it down. It should fit right back to the course you started on if you center it correctly. Just add a smaller disc on top of it for each new course. On my build, 3/16" plywood discs on top of the 3/4" platform disc worked great for the tilt. 1/4" would probably work. A trolley jack will work fine. That is what I used. I only dropped the form once to trim the disc. Trimming it actually cost me more time. I did the last 3 rows and the plug at the same time. I can see now that the trolley jack would have worked better setting the plug if I had of drilled a hole through the form for the mortar to escape. Other than that, I think either type jack would be fine.
My disc.

[Bookemdanno]

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Russell, you mean the better half still uses the exercise ball?!?!?

I thought they are supposed to be bought, used religiously for a week then hang around the garage!

[flyfisherx]

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Good thing about exercise ball is you can tweak it with a bit of air, if you have an air compressor handy.

Exactly......It worked like a charm!

No fair! You cheated yourself from the stick falling, backbreaking, mortar mess, brick falling, sweating, brick slipping beauty of using sticks! Great job.
Tracy

Thanks Tracy.....Cheated, yes I did and loved every minute of it. It was soooooo much easier. But now I have to get a face full of mortar dust and grind it clean.....so I guess its a wash.

[flyfisherx]

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Dome Closed!!!!!!! Not the best I could do but good enough. The ball allowed for the mortar to dry and grinding it out was a fiasco! Shop vac, foggy safety glasses...etc. But overall, it will function. On to the outer arch this weekend!!!

[UtahBeehiver]

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Wahoo, way to go.

[UtahBeehiver]

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LOL, She puts me to shame, yoga, excercise ball, etc. I am going to go on a WFO pizza diet soon and show her!

[Bookemdanno]

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So long as the pizza has green stuff on it, it's healthy!

[Aegis]

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Dome Closed!!!!!!! Not the best I could do but good enough. The ball allowed for the mortar to dry and grinding it out was a fiasco! Shop vac, foggy safety glasses...etc. But overall, it will function. On to the outer arch this weekend!!!

Great Job ! I am jealous, you almost beat me and I started two years ago
Way to go! Go Slow on the curing fires! Great Job!

[flyfisherx]

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Thanks John. I will go slow with the curing fires. Almost beat you? Haaaaaa no way. Just wait....my exterior won't be complete until 2016

I tend to do my projects that way. Get them functioning and put off the aesthetics for years to come. Your whole oven exterior, counters, patio, deck....are all beautiful. You have to post the finished product on your thread! Especially your weathervane!

Your prediction was spot on....remember you told me Labor day while I was at your house picking up re-bar.

Thanks again,

Dave

[Laku]

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Thanks John. I will go slow with the curing fires. Almost beat you? Haaaaaa no way. Just wait....my exterior won't be complete until 2016

I tend to do my projects that way. Get them functioning and put off the aesthetics for years to come.

Heh. That's exactly what I've been doing. I finished my oven in 2010. And I'm still working on the enclosure, hoping to finish it by fall.. more or less