7 years in the waiting i get to start my 42" pompeii

[leetheldc]

Re: 7 years in the waiting i get to start my 42" pompeii

Tried to keep the transition clean need to get a light in there for a better pic a little dark and flash makes no difference

[leetheldc]

Re: 7 years in the waiting i get to start my 42" pompeii

The grog And fondue mixture has really helped setting the bricks it's seconds and it has ad eared very strong sticking stuff also cutting with the sthill saw free hand next to the oven makes life a lot easier here is my cutting station

[leetheldc]

Re: 7 years in the waiting i get to start my 42" pompeii

hi guys a bit of progress to date nearly at that keystone stage ended up with a taper cut at course8 the triangle gaps which to be honest i shouldnt be bothered about as im just basically filling with firebrick anyway,where getting to big for my liking only 10 mins cutting with the sthil saw so well worth it,kept some form of triangle joint though to keep in form

i still havent needed supports yet at course 9 and the bricks are nearly vertical i knocked half the ring down on course 9 by going back to the last brick layed and tapping with the trowel when i wasnt happy with it, bad move with grog and fondue once the brick is layed never try to tap it anywere all 6 bricks ended up on the oven floor got them back up though with a lesson learnt

[leetheldc]

Re: 7 years in the waiting i get to start my 42" pompeii

computer fail the first 2 pics of my cuts

[leetheldc]

Re: 7 years in the waiting i get to start my 42" pompeii

the more i look at the last inside dome pic i posted i wish i would of gone for a plum joint all the way up it would of been easy done too ahhhh the " i wish i would of done that thought"

[leetheldc]

Re: 7 years in the waiting i get to start my 42" pompeii

Got a couple mor hours on the oven after work and this thing is going up with no forms just a couple of bricks left on course 11 and them it's keystone time think it might have to be a 2 brick keystone though will this be ok ?

[leetheldc]

Re: 7 years in the waiting i get to start my 42" pompeii

This is my mortar consistency like Yorkshire pudding batter really !

[NCMan]

Re: 7 years in the waiting i get to start my 42" pompeii

think it might have to be a 2 brick keystone though will this be ok ?[ATTACH]43782[/ATTACH]

I am still working on my first oven and nowhere near an expert, I will say that I have seen quite a few two piece keystones done on here and it seems to be ok. Probably not optimal, but it seems to do the job. I may do the same, if it works out that way. Good luck w/your build.

[leetheldc]

Re: 7 years in the waiting i get to start my 42" pompeii

Yes ncman I have seen a few in the on here in the past but can't seem to find them no more had a go at it today but wasn't happy might have to be another course but cut down in height to make for a good size keystone another course of full brick would make for a small one can't win ! this is how it looked

[NCMan]

Re: 7 years in the waiting i get to start my 42" pompeii

I got mine done today and was lucky enough to get my plug in one piece. Worked out nice, actually. I really don't think it matters all that much. Good luck w/it.

[leetheldc]

Re: 7 years in the waiting i get to start my 42" pompeii

You got it in one piece ncman great il keep checking for your next pic see how you did it think I'm going to put in one more course just trimmed down on height to get a single keystone but just got in from a hard day poured 32 cube of concrete and dug 70 tone of muck for some foundations in this heat and plagued with little black midget flys from 730 this mornin THE OVEN CAN RAM IT TONIGHT 5 cans of Stella artois instead !

[deejayoh]

Re: 7 years in the waiting i get to start my 42" pompeii

Get that keystone in anyway you can, I say. Once you've got the gap small enough, it doesn't really matter how you close it. Purely an aesthetic choice. How do you want it to look when you poke your head in the oven?

[NCMan]

Re: 7 years in the waiting i get to start my 42" pompeii

Get that keystone in anyway you can, I say. Once you've got the gap small enough, it doesn't really matter how you close it. Purely an aesthetic choice. How do you want it to look when you poke your head in the oven?

That's how I feel. I just used some of the cutoff pieces, trimmed them up and fit them in, then had one final piece that was shaped kind of like a funnel. I buttered that up and that was the plug. It's a done dome.

[leetheldc]

Re: 7 years in the waiting i get to start my 42" pompeii

Hi guys I finaly plugged the oven! cut a new 3 piece keystone which worked better for my hole size another course just would of been to small a pieces I'm happy with how this one turned out
Deeja I just wanted it too look neat when I pop my head in after all the hard work put in and time taken to get this far plus asthetics is in my job description paving so it's just in me to do the best I can! But looking at this pic I still could have done better whith the joints o well

[NCMan]

Re: 7 years in the waiting i get to start my 42" pompeii

I think you did a great job. Very nice. It's a nice feeling to get that stage done, isn't it?