Begining dome construction

[Hendo]

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Looking good! It's a great feeling to know that you're on your way, isn't it?

Cheers, Paul.

[rlf5]

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Yes it is! Seems like its all downhill now!

[rlf5]

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A few pics of my non-completed soldier course. Its a bit messy, but I can clean that up later.

[asudavew]

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Looking good.

Why did you use a full brick after the half brick that surrounds the floor?

I'm not sure if I have seen that. But I might try it.

[rlf5]

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It was actually a change of plans more than anything. I originally was going to build a perfect semi-circle, which would have required all tapered half bricks on every course. But I changed it up to a soldier course after I had already laid the floor of wall, so that I would have a higher clearance on the sides of my oven. The remainder of the courses will be tapered on all four sides.

[Les]

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Rl,

What advantage is there to having more clearance on the sides? I was going the simi circle route as well. I have yet to mortar my first coarse, so if a case could be made, I can adapt as well.

Thanks,

Les...

[rlf5]

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Rl,

What advantage is there to having more clearance on the sides? I was going the simi circle route as well. I have yet to mortar my first coarse, so if a case could be made, I can adapt as well.

Thanks,

Les...

The only advantage I see is not being limited to the center area for tall cooking pots/vessels.

[asudavew]

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The only advantage I see is not being limited to the center area for tall cooking pots/vessels.

Seems like a good advantage, but the rest of the courses will have more of an angle I think......

[Les]

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we're only talking about a delta of around 4 inches - I think I'll stay the coarse.

Thanks,

Les...

[rlf5]

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I'm out of bricks and mortar (dayum mortar eating gaps) for until tomorrow, so all I could do today was drill the holes for my thermocouples. The center hole was already drilled, as I've been using it as a point to measure my radius. This hole goes all the way through to the oven floor. The other two holes I have are on opposing sides of the oven (you can see it in previous pics where two floor bricks are removed) and they will only extend halfway through the brick. I'll have one more thermocouple that can be inserted into the oven door to gauge the air temp, and I may also put one into the dome itself. I've also attached a pic of the thermocouples and monitor.

[rlf5]

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Me too Ken, but one more thing.
Metal studs and track can be found in 1 5/8" width. This should help with your problem.

Hopefully it will. My plan right now is to build an enclosure and then cover it with stone veneer. I want to just cover the bottom with a thin layer of stucco and then paint it, but then still have it be in the same vertical plane as the stone on top. I would think that a top which stuck out slightly more than the bottom would look kinda funny, but I don't know. I may have to cover the bottom with stone as well.

[rlf5]

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Finally finished the soldier course, with a little mortar on top b/c of leveling issues. I looks pretty messy (and it is) but I'm beginning to care less and less with how it looks and more about how it will perform.

[Les]

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Oh Oh, sounds like you're running out of pills.

Les...

[rlf5]

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Yea. Dang prescription ran out....

[james]

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Nobody sees the outside of the dome, and the pizza chef has to crane over to see the inside of the dome. Plus, when it's between firings, it's black.

Function over form? :-)
James