K79 Oven Build

[K79]

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Anyone here know what most people use for gloves when putting stone veneer on their enclosure. I've been doing it bare handed and I now have no fingerprints and I've gone through a box of band aids. Very painful. The issue is you need to be able to work the stone and clean up the excess mortar around the stone. I'm constantly in and out of a bucket of water wetting the stone and sponges to clean them. Rubber gloves offer no sense of feeling when working with the stone and heavy duty suede gloves get soaked in 2 minutes. My hands just can't take it anymore. It hurt just to type this message

[stonecutter]

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Keep in mind block fill is almost always finer in particle size.

[UtahBeehiver]

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If you do decide on adding loose fill, check out a concrete block supplier for pricing, it is used to fill CMUs cells for insulation vs a big box store.

[deejayoh]

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I found the vermiculite to be ridiculously expensive too, and not worth the "insurance". Outside of my insulation was already at ambient temp, so it seemed like overkill. I have 3-4 inches of FB blanket and no issues with heat retention.

[mrchipster]

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Since you are in firing mode, take some temp reading on the outside of the CF and see what you are seeing compared to ambient. Then decide. Loose Vermiculate is relatively cheap $10 a 4 cubic foot bag.

Since i assume you are building a house around your dome, filling it with perlite or vermiculite is cheap easy and I think money well spent for future heat retention. I love the fact that my oven holds heat for several days.

Just saw your price on vermiculite, Ouch! check your local commercial greenhouse supplier for perlite, sometimes concrete block suppliers have it as loose fill for block.

[K79]

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Since you are in firing mode, take some temp reading on the outside of the CF and see what you are seeing compared to ambient. Then decide. Loose Vermiculate is relatively cheap $10 a 4 cubic foot bag.

I'm paying $25 for 3 cf That's a good idea. I was hoping to fire it up again once I was done with the oven. 10 days of 8hr+/- fires I needed a break haha.

[UtahBeehiver]

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Since you are in firing mode, take some temp reading on the outside of the CF and see what you are seeing compared to ambient. Then decide. Loose Vermiculate is relatively cheap $10 a 4 cubic foot bag.

[Laurentius]

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Hello All,

I'm contemplating not putting any loose vermiculite over my 3" of ceramic fiber blanket. Any thoughts? The FB plans say if you have 3" of ceramic fiber blanket that it's not needed, but I was wondering if any other builders had their own take on this.

Thanks.

Don't, I didn't.

[K79]

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Hello All,

I'm contemplating not putting any loose vermiculite over my 3" of ceramic fiber blanket. Any thoughts? The FB plans say if you have 3" of ceramic fiber blanket that it's not needed, but I was wondering if any other builders had their own take on this.

Thanks.

[K79]

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Congratulations! Looks fabulous!

Thanks Ken.

I'm working on my enclosure tonight. 18 gauge metal studs for my frame and 20 gauge for my roof. pics to come.

[Ken524]

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Congratulations! Looks fabulous!

[boerwarrior]

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Man, we could use some cooler weather! About to start Day 6 of nearly 100 degree weather out here!

[K79]

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Thanks everyone, I'm loving this oven. Doing an eggplant parmesan in the oven this Friday. I'll post some pics.

Well I keep getting rained out here.... All this rain has put me almost 2 weeks behind schedule. I'm hoping to get my enclosure framed out next week and my roof on. Then back to my masonry putting on my stone veneer. Probably the most stressful element of my entire build has been trying to keep my dome/insulation dry during this monsoon season. Once I get my enclosure built I will finally be able to relax!!

[Sharkey]

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..... Ahh I feel like I'm there.

Yes, you're there. Congratulations.

From now on, even though there is still plenty of work to do, you are reaping the benefits of your labor.

[UtahBeehiver]

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Much better lookin than my first ones. Kudos