Mark's WFO

[exceloven]

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Thanks Nikki, Its amazing what you can do with Photo Shop.

[Modthyrth]

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Wow, that looks absolutely perfect! Gorgeous job!

[exceloven]

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Here is an inside shot, waiting for my keystone to dry enough to shape it.

Mark

[mfiore]

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Great looking dome. The keystone is going to look perfect. Any shots from the inside?

[woodhead]

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Mark,

Having just finished my dome, yours is amazingly round and just about perfect. Knowing what it takes to do what you are accomplishing is pure craftsmanship. Congrats!!!

Woodhead

[Les]

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Mark - look's like you nailed it!! Great job.

Les...

[exceloven]

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Thanks Christo, Builds like yours inspired me!

[christo]

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oh I'm not sure that's fair.

it looks like you have a perfect last bit to place!!

Great Job!

Christo

[exceloven]

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Wow, I got the last course done tonight. Now for the plug. Thats what tomorrow is for, right? The last four courses had some pretty funky cuts. It feels great to be so close to finishing the dome.

Mark

[asudavew]

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I am actually kind of bummed we came to Vagas for 4 days and I haven't been able to work on the oven. Crazy huh! Oh well soon enough. Mark

Completely Normal!

[exceloven]

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Thanks Kemo,
I think part of the clean factor is that I made compound miter cuts on each brick which really reduced the amount of mortar I used. The area on my basketball court where I am cutting my bricks is a disaster (I'll probably have to powerwash when I'm done). I am actually kind of bummed we came to Vagas for 4 days and I haven't been able to work on the oven. Crazy huh! Oh well soon enough.

Mark

[Kemo]

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this build looks way too clean! my workspace was a total mess with the drippy bricks and mortar all down in the oven floor.

great job so far!

[Les]

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One more thing to note - I used my kid's sidewalk chalk to mark the high spots as it worked it's way down the hole.

Les...

[exceloven]

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Looks great, thats what I'll do!

Mark

[Les]

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Mark - I glued 3 bricks together. I propped up a piece of poster board from the inside and drew the circle from the top (I don't do inside). Cut out the shape and traced it onto the brick. From there I just kept working the grinder until it fell into place.

Les...