42 inch Michigan Oven

[jbruning]

Re: 42 inch Michigan Oven

Where did you get your insulation board?

The top layer is from Forno Bravo, the remainder is from McGill's Warehouse. Both were ordered online. The products are pretty similar, but I think the board from McGill's is a bit less dense and it didn't seem as hard as the FB board. Many have successfully used the FB board so I put that on top to minimize the chance of compression issues with the softer (my opinion) board.

[jbruning]

Re: 42 inch Michigan Oven

A few pics of last week's progress.

[brickie in oz]

Re: 42 inch Michigan Oven

Hi.
It looks like from the pics that the arch is too far forwards, you will have trouble when you get to cutting in over the top of it, if it is....

[jbruning]

Re: 42 inch Michigan Oven

Hi.
It looks like from the pics that the arch is too far forwards, you will have trouble when you get to cutting in over the top of it, if it is....

Hi Brickie,
You've got a pretty good eye. I had sort of set up the arch dry a couple of days ago and I think it is a bit forward and it may pose some challenges, but from what I could tell it shouldn't be too bad (keeping in mind that having never laid a brick before my 'shouldn't be too bad' is probably on a whole different scale than yours )

[jbruning]

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I've been making steady progress. Here are some 'catch up' pics from last week.

[jbruning]

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This weekend I was able to complete a couple of courses and finish tying in the arch. It was a bit tricky cutting in over the arch, but not too bad. I was able to pretty much maintain a level course, and it is within a quarter inch of round. Overall I'm pretty happy with my progress so far.
The overhead shot isn't quite wide enough to get everything in but I was reaching up as high as I could under the canopy with my phone to take the picture.

[UtahBeehiver]

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Dome work looks very nice.

[jbruning]

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Thanks Russell,
I followed your build closely and learned a lot from you. I'm using a jig remarkably similar to yours!

[Calisdad]

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Nice work John.

When you back cut your arch bricks to accept the dome bricks were they the same or did you increase the angle toward the top?

thanks-
C-dad

[eprante]

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Very nice work!! Excellent arch work, though I am partial to that since its what I did.
Eric

[boerwarrior]

Re: 42 inch Michigan Oven

Great job, John! You are working fast!

Neil

My build: http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/f8/3...nia-19283.html

[jbruning]

Re: 42 inch Michigan Oven

Nice work John.

When you back cut your arch bricks to accept the dome bricks were they the same or did you increase the angle toward the top?

thanks-
C-dad

Hi C-dad,
Each brick was cut as I went up and the angle did increase somewhat.

[jbruning]

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Great job, John! You are working fast!

Neil

My build: http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/f8/3...nia-19283.html

Thanks Neil.

It is moving along well. However, after I started the stand last fall I sort of committed to an unrealistic completion date , so being unable to work on the oven outside, I basically built it dry in my workshop. I understood it was risky because every anomaly in construction could mess things up but I also knew that my spring/early summer schedule was so busy and that if I didn't get a lot of work done before hand there was no way to get it done in time. No doubt, the countless hours that I spent over the winter combined with actual construction time will far exceed the amount of time many builders put in when doing it once.

[fabby]

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That really is a nice build. I did snap headers and probably will do precision cuts on my next build, as they look really nice. It's a shame you have to cover that work up with insulation.


Have you started drooling for pizza yet? When I got that far, all I could think of was getting it finished and making some pies.

[jbruning]

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That really is a nice build. I did snap headers and probably will do precision cuts on my next build, as they look really nice. It's a shame you have to cover that work up with insulation.


Have you started drooling for pizza yet? When I got that far, all I could think of was getting it finished and making some pies.

Thanks Fabby!
Well at least I (and you guys on the forum) will know what it looks like under the insulation! And yes, I am getting very anxious for pizza