It's time to go Vertical

[asudavew]

Re: It's time to go Vertical

I thought we all had a picture like that; Photoshop should be able to recreate it.

Les...

Or you could remove the last 4 or 5 courses Frances and pose in your oven before redoing it! Of course you would have to recure and all that.... .but I think a photo would be worth all the extra work!

Btw I've been viewing your cooking pics.... EXCELLENT WORK! I can't wait to try out the Hazel bread~!

DAve

[gjbingham]

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How about a photo editing program, where you paste in part of yourself to make it look like you're standing in it? Or,,,, you could paste your face on RC's body, and tell everyone that you built during high tide. OK, maybe that one won't fly....

[asudavew]

Re: It's time to go Vertical

How about a photo editing program, where you paste in part of yourself to make it look like you're standing in it? Or,,,, you could paste your face on RC's body, and tell everyone that you built during high tide. OK, maybe that one won't fly....

funny George!

[gjbingham]

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Thanks Dave. Apparently, everyone else is asleep, on vacation in the tropics, or bored with my poor attempt at humor. The writer's strike has me searching for material.

[Frances]

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Hey, give us time to answer here! I'm laughing my head off!!

Just can't quite decide which advice to follow: rebuild the oven or paste my face on Lake's body...

Hey, maybe I should do both and see which turns out better!

[Acoma]

Re: It's time to go Vertical

Oven can wait, go with B

[RCLake]

Re: It's time to go Vertical

How about a photo editing program, where you paste in part of yourself to make it look like you're standing in it? Or,,,, you could paste your face on RC's body, and tell everyone that you built during high tide. OK, maybe that one won't fly....

Who would want there face pasted on that worn out body

[gjbingham]

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Ok, we'll paste a better body in there and we can take turns pasting our faces on it.

I think I will use Tom Cruise as my face, 'cause mine's worn out worse than your body, RC!

[sarah h]

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I'm just checking back in after a few weeks' break and can't believe how quick you and some of the others are moving along!
Great work, and in a gorgeous location.
Keep havin' fun!

Sarah

[RCLake]

Re: It's time to go Vertical

The winds finally abated so I finished the RING . Row 6 and 7 have been tying into the arch - what fun!!! Still will have to decide on the area below this ring and the arch area.
I just looked at the second picture and I need to do some major cleanup of that excess chading. I would rather add another row than do that. I would have taken additional pictures closer of the arch but I have to clean that to. Ran out of time, we have theatre tickets for the night so I had to clean myself up.

[RCLake]

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I've been following Robert's link ( love his work) and we're both trying to get to 20" at the top. So far I'm at 21" after row 7 and I've been averaging about 3/8" gap so far. I laid it out on paper just now (don't know how to do the CAD work like Jim) and if I go with a 1/2" gap the rest of the way I may be at 20 1/2". I quess that wouldn't be all bad, but I may taper the bottom of this next row.
I've kept the symmetry decent so far (keeping the 21" distance from center, but the arch area is a little farther Hopefully I can correct that on row 8. If not it will be a little oblong.
The drawing I did makes the keystone the 14th course. So only 7 more to go, each with less bricks but a steeper slope. Should be fun, wish me luck.

[Acoma]

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RC, I will get details for my oven that you are also following. I am glad you finished 7. My children have been sick, and concerns to shape by members has me frozen until Tuesday. You are beveling the bricks too I presume? This is giving you that 1/2 in I am sure.

[asudavew]

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I don't think it hurts if your a bit high.
and I ended up oblong too...

but heck.. once it's all covered up and your eating hot pizza.. only you and us will know!


Keep up the good work!

dave

[RCLake]

Re: It's time to go Vertical

RC, I will get details for my oven that you are also following. I am glad you finished 7. My children have been sick, and concerns to shape by members has me frozen until Tuesday. You are beveling the bricks too I presume? This is giving you that 1/2 in I am sure.

Sometimes the terms bevel and tampered get mixed up. I have been beveling both sides using Jim's bevel and angle calulations - eyeballing it versus true measurement. When I say tampering I'm meaning cutting part of the bottom of the brick off, I did this on row 4.
I've also lifted the back of each row up about 3/8" so far. May increase this to 1/2" the rest of the way or at least tamper one more row.

[RCLake]

Re: It's time to go Vertical

I don't think it hurts if your a bit high.
and I ended up oblong too...

but heck.. once it's all covered up and your eating hot pizza.. only you and us will know!


dave

That's my thinking as well.