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Worked all day out there today and got half way done with the forth course. Lots of cuts but everything going smooth. I start each course by cutting every brick and numbering them - seems to take about an hour. Then I set them and cut the next row.
Seems bigger in there to me now!?
dusty
Used the cut-off wedges this time between the second and third course.
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Ahh... I get your point. It's all uphill from there.
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dusty dome 4" tall -- so far! Just started. Mat be 6 1/2" tall by today and so on...
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Dusty - I think you missed James' humor. Your thread is "dusty dome is 4 inches tall". I think you meant 4 feet tall. But if I am incorrect, I have to go with James, how do you cook a pizza in a 4 inch oven
I think it may be ideal for a bread stick. 
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That was my idea Dave. I tried. But by the time I put even a tiny bit of motar on each side of it, the gap was to big between the big fat bricks. So then I tried to just tap them into the wet mortar after I set the bricks. It would only go part way, then start to move the brick I had just set. In the attatched pic you can see a stack of them on the piece of slate. I was going for it.
James, since when do you make 5" tall pizzas?
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Another oven takes flight. Congratulations.
Still, I have a question -- how do you cook pizza in a 4" high oven. :-)
Dave, I have given into the dark side -- embrace your cracks.
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Hey Dusty.
I agree with Kemo and Ken.
Good idea.
But I was wondering about the piece you are cutting off....
Could it be placed in the larger gap?
Just a thought.
My oven has some pretty good sized cracks... I used lots of mortar. So I thought this idea might help ya some. And save mortar for you.
Keep up the good work, and the great picture posts.
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Thanks Steve. And yea, I am thinking the less motar, the beter it may hold heat- but I'm not sure. What I DO know is that at $90 for 45lbs. delivered, I want to make this stuff go as far as possible!
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Oh man...this is gonna be a great oven and a really good thread. Thanks for posting. I like your innovative ideas with the bricks. Logic tells me the less mortar you use the better the build... I cant wait to see how this all turns out.Leave a comment:
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Outstanding work! Clever idea, cutting ever other brick. You're really off and running now.Leave a comment:
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dusty dome is 4" tall
Well... I'm off and running. Finally started building my oven. I ended up ordering refmix from our beloved FB on Monday. Took off of work a bit early that day, went home, and started laying out the soldier course. One thing led to another, and I ended up cutting a wedge off of every-other soldier brick. This so to cut in half the number of motar wedges I would have to make (and cut in half the amount of motar that I would use). My Refmix was on the porch the next day - yesterday! I started yesterday by glueing (with the sticky mortar) each wedge shaped soldier to the half brick soldier with a minimum of refmix - maybe 1/16". First photo.
So, today, I had to set 22 big fat bricks instead of 44 skinny bricks. Twice as fast to level and set. These pics are at the half way point today. I ended up completeing the first course about 4:30. In the photos, you can see that I had a wedged shaped joint at every-other brick.
I suppose I'm rambling, but the first four inches are done! Woo Hooo!
dusty
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