Confession: I originally thought we could build this oven, start to finish, in 6 weeks for $1,500. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. And a few more Hahas.
So here we are...
Jan 6- dug the area for the slab
Feb 3- learned how to use the concrete mixer and then poured the slab
Feb 10- learned how cut rebar with an angle grinder, then blocked the walls, secured with rebar and poured concrete in some of the holes
Feb 14- (instead of Valentine's Day Dinner) poured the concrete hearth, made weep holes
March 12- laid the pattern of the brick floor and traced the dimensions in the garage
March 13- learned how to cut fire brick with angle grinder... cut the bricks for the floor
March 15- learned how to cut fire brick with a wet saw... cut the bricks for the soldier course
March 16- cut and laid down upside down cheap mosaic tiles, 2" Foamglas, 2" Thermo 12 Gold Cal Sci board
March 17- ate green eggs with a green beer and then set the 1/2 brick on it's side soldier course using the 3;1;1;1;(1.5 water) homebrew recipe.
A genuine "THANKS" goes out to all of the people who have seen my pleas for help on other posts and who have helped! Also, thanks to everyone who has documented a build or commented on a build. There is just no way a regular person could do this without all of the combined knowledge on this forum.
I am now very comfortably in a spot where i KNOW how much I really DON'T KNOW about the math, science, tools, skill set and philosophy of making this monster![Smile](https://community.fornobravo.com/core/images/smilies/smile.png)
Let me get a few pics up...
So here we are...
Jan 6- dug the area for the slab
Feb 3- learned how to use the concrete mixer and then poured the slab
Feb 10- learned how cut rebar with an angle grinder, then blocked the walls, secured with rebar and poured concrete in some of the holes
Feb 14- (instead of Valentine's Day Dinner) poured the concrete hearth, made weep holes
March 12- laid the pattern of the brick floor and traced the dimensions in the garage
March 13- learned how to cut fire brick with angle grinder... cut the bricks for the floor
March 15- learned how to cut fire brick with a wet saw... cut the bricks for the soldier course
March 16- cut and laid down upside down cheap mosaic tiles, 2" Foamglas, 2" Thermo 12 Gold Cal Sci board
March 17- ate green eggs with a green beer and then set the 1/2 brick on it's side soldier course using the 3;1;1;1;(1.5 water) homebrew recipe.
A genuine "THANKS" goes out to all of the people who have seen my pleas for help on other posts and who have helped! Also, thanks to everyone who has documented a build or commented on a build. There is just no way a regular person could do this without all of the combined knowledge on this forum.
I am now very comfortably in a spot where i KNOW how much I really DON'T KNOW about the math, science, tools, skill set and philosophy of making this monster
![Smile](https://community.fornobravo.com/core/images/smilies/smile.png)
Let me get a few pics up...
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