West jordan Ut new build.

[Roland Deschain]

Curing is a fickle thing. My dome temp is pretty steady at 275 f but spikes up to 325 everytime i add a small piece of wood. Ive been at it all day trying not to go above 300. Yesterday i had it at 200 for four hours. The day before around 110 but not too long.

[Roland Deschain]

Almost done with everything. Just need to go slow on the curing process.

[Roland Deschain]

Those are some great ideas on doors. Thanks for the links.

[JRPizza]

There is a good thread "show us your doors" that has lots of ideas. I am trying to teach myself to weld (in addition to learning how to lay bricks) so I built my door out of steel. I might have about $80 in materials, but have enough left over to build at least one more door. Below is a link to the door thread and a post showing mine.
https://community.fornobravo.com/for...442#post393442

[Gulf]

It's not very pretty but, the only cost I have in my door is for the ss sheet metal screws used for assembly. I got the drops from my brother and bent the 26 guage steel myself on his brake. I assembled it at home with metal snips and a drill to pilot the holes for the screws. The oven side is a 16th" steel plate that I cut out with a jigsaw. The handle side is covered in 26 guage with 1/2" plywood insert. I piloted the holes for the sheet metal screws on the oven side into the metal plate. The screws on the handle side go through the 26 guage into the plywood backing. The handles are also secured to the plywood. 2 layres of CalSil are the filler. There are only 2 pieces of this assembley which are done on a metal brake. The rest is done at home with no welding.

Link to my insulated door pics.

[Roland Deschain]

I went to a metal fabricator yesterday to ask about the cost on them building a insulated door for me out of aluminum. Two inches thick ( not two inch thick aluminum), so i could fill it in with insulation, with a simple piece of metal on the ouside to seal it up. I even brought in my templates from my oven so he could see the actual size. They quoted me $1,000. One thousand dollars!

What the heck? I said a small insulated door, not a smart refrigerator. I have no idea what he was picturing in his mind.

[Roland Deschain]

The last of my brick work. And flue adaptor work.

[Roland Deschain]

More pictures of the front arch and flue smoke chamber up to this point. I still need to clean up a bit etc. Its still a work in progress.

[dakzaag]

Better safe than sorry, Metal studs and fire proof sheathing like steel or Cement board. What is your preferred finish? Metal studs are easy peasy.

[Roland Deschain]

Im going to build walls around my oven. My question is ...is it ok to build them out of 2 by 4s and plywood? Or is that not acceptable for fire reasons? The plans from fb say in !!! Not to build them with wood and plywood. Why?

[Roland Deschain]

I worked a couple hours doing the finished brick arch and some firebrick arch behind it. Ill figure out the rest tomorrow.

[Roland Deschain]

This a couple days ago.

[JRPizza]

I like to call it the serpentine (s curve) vent. I copied it because I liked the look and was able to "wrap my brain" around how to build it, unlike some of the other configurations that didn't click with me. I think that design really lends itself well to hemispherical arches, but I'd have to think about how to make it work with the flatter arch type you are using. There are quite a few ways to go, and the forum has plenty to look at. It'll be interesting to watch your build further reveal itself

[Roland Deschain]

Yeah ive been reading your thread as i build. Saw the pics of the pipe.

Im debating on how to build my flue chamber. I was wondering if your inverted funnel is worth trying. Currently i will have a six by sixteen inch opening to start. And then who knows how it will end up being built to the adapter plate. I wont know until i start building in the morning.

[JRPizza]

You might get lucky on your first try. I wasn't trying to be over critical either - if you look at my thread you can see some of the UPS handiwork.