Kiwi pete'soven

[KiwiPete]

I'm now getting near the end, and for a better fit, have started cutting my bricks in half and also cut them in a (sorta) trapezoid shape. (some of them more trapezoid than others, depending on what made for the best fit.)
here are some pictures of that row:

[KiwiPete]

Time for another update (and pics) of my oven.

The cat has taken a particular liking of the oven. The other day I had it covered (in case of rain) and when I came outside, I found this:



Have started doing some more courses of bricks:

[aikitarik]

I agree with Paul. The initial arch tie-in to the dome was more difficult than the actual vent by far. I went with the arch approach with no regrets, but I love what you've done with yours. Beautiful oven!

[paulages]

nice work! by the way, the vent was the easy part with the arch. it was making the cuts to tie it into the dome that was hard.

[KiwiPete]

Here is the manifold in place, from a few different angles.

Also managed to a few more courses of bricks in place!!

Next I'll be looking to cast the actual vent part.

Front View:


Top View:


Side View:

[KiwiPete]

Then I made up a mold to cast the refractory concrete in, with a bit of reinforcing iron for additional strength:

[KiwiPete]

I first made up a template out of a bit of cardboard to make sure my measurements were OK.

Went inside for a while, and when I came back, found this:



Typical bl**dy cat!!!

[KiwiPete]

Continued from my previous postings Brick Oven photos forum. if you want to see those, go to http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/f21/...-oven-302.html

Originally, I was going to incorporate an archway into the opening of the oven, similar to what paulages has done. I did a mockup of it as you can see in the picture.



I could sorta figure that out, but how to do the vent was giving me a hell of a headache, so I decided to change tack:

Decided to do a refractory manifold and vent, similar to what Forno Bravo sells with the Casa oven: