Another WFO in the UK - 42" Pompeii

[brad mole]

Wow, that's... Beautiful. You put on a clinic when it comes to clean brick work! The 2nd to last course with the alternating skinny/fat bricks looks amazing!

Hey, thanks so much!

[bentedesco]

Wow, that's... Beautiful. You put on a clinic when it comes to clean brick work! The 2nd to last course with the alternating skinny/fat bricks looks amazing!

[JRPizza]

Nice job closing out the oven - really like how your pattern came out!

[brad mole]

And some pics of the finished keystone from the inside, im really happy with how its turned out, it certainly isnt perfect as those last few pieces just needed tapped in and hope for the best as there isnt any control to where you tap, so some went in a little squint but overall it looks fine! That keystone took a good hammer to get in

[brad mole]

Loving how perfectly spherical it looks all finished! The jigsaw base came out great too and a little hoover off to get up the loose bits and its all done inside!

[brad mole]

Well i have finally topped the dome off! Such a great feeling putting that last piece in!

[brad mole]

Nicely done with the geometry, I'm really interested to see how it looks from the inside one you're done with the dome, really clean work so far!

Thanks! I am really pleased with how tidy ive managed to keep the brickwork so far, spent too many hours on it to rush the last bit so hopefully the patients pays off! I should be able to finish the dome tomorrow so expect updates with interior pics soon!

[bentedesco]

Nicely done with the geometry, I'm really interested to see how it looks from the inside one you're done with the dome, really clean work so far!

[brad mole]

So im on the final ring before the keystone, i wanted to have a single keystone so i scratched my head for a while figuring out how to achieve it when i was so close to closing in, i managed to come up with a bunch of strange shaped bricks which should leave me with a tiny square keystone, i shaved the lower parts of the bricks to follow the curve a little better and they fitted in quite nicely! also i knocked together a make shift platform to allow me to get inside the dome to clean up the bricks, Still using my Indispensable tool!

[brad mole]

But looks good.........

Thanks Russell, I must say i am pleased with how tight ive managed to get the joins making the inside nice and neat, a few more here finishing what is hopefully the third last ring!

[UtahBeehiver]

But looks good.........

[brad mole]

Slowly Slowly! Progress at this point is slowwww

[brad mole]

Well ive been making a little more progress, it finally feels like the dome is starting to close in now! i also swapped out to my narrower IT end as my bricks are getting quite narrow now, also i removed the arch former, great feeling seeing it all open, just a little pointing up to do where i couldn't get while the former was in place, so excited to see the floor underneath when i finally lift my ply layer!

[brad mole]

Thanks guys, i am a bit of a perfectionist so im trying to get it right, although im sure as i get near the top i will start to let the accuracy slip a little

[WarEagle90]

Very nice workmanship, Brad.