Greg's Pompeii 42" - San Diego

[geisen]

Greg's Pompeii 42" - San Diego

9th course complete. Hole is a perfect 16" round. two or three courses to go before the plug.....yea!!

[geisen]

Re: Greg's Pompeii 42" - San Diego

All
Thank you for the encouragement. Can't wait to close it up. Would love to be cooking pizza by august.

Blacknoir
Happy to pass it along. I will add your name to my list. When I finish, I will work my way down the list and see who is ready next.

Greg

[blacknoir]

Re: Greg's Pompeii 42" - San Diego

Greg, you mentioned in the tool thread that passing it around was an option. Just wondering if you'd still consider it? If so, I'd gladly pay what you payed to get my hands on it when you are done. I'd of course return the favor when I was done.

[Dino_Pizza]

Re: Greg's Pompeii 42" - San Diego

Greg, the dome is looking great! I just ran out to count my rings & forgot I put the insulation on an hour ago. Needed a flashlight to count 12 bricks high but I had the full soldier course around the floor and an 6-7" plug.
Thanks for posting the good example of a good way to get your brick tappers!

Very nice brick work, it's really exciting at this point, it closes up fast although it oddly feels like forever. Dino

[Les]

Re: Greg's Pompeii 42" - San Diego

I had 13 rows + cork .... Go figure, It must be an Italian thing

13 may be the correct answer. The cuts were getting a little crazy so I opted for a larger plug.

[Calabrese]

Re: Greg's Pompeii 42" - San Diego

Hi Greg
The oven is really taking shape, it looks great. I can't believe how clean it is.
Your joints look tight, nice work. I had 13 rows + cork .... Go figure, It must be an Italian thing

Regards Joe

[Bandrasco]

Re: Greg's Pompeii 42" - San Diego

Very nice Greg, you're dong a great job. Your oven will be done in no time.

Keep up the good work.

Bill

[Les]

Re: Greg's Pompeii 42" - San Diego

How many more?

I believe the standard is 12 + plug. Looking good!

Les...

[geisen]

Re: Greg's Pompeii 42" - San Diego

7th course complete yea!!!!
How many more?

[geisen]

Re: Greg's Pompeii 42" - San Diego

How I cut the compound cuts to taper my bricks on two sides... didn't bother with the top and bottom cuts.

For rows 3-7:
I put the 15 or so bricks I needed for a row in a wheel barrow next to my saw with some water in it.
Cut the bricks in half. goes pretty quick when you set up a guide.

Now I had 30 half bricks 4.5 x 4.5 in

I cut a wedge of 2x4 with a 4deg slope (kinda like a 4" wide shallow doorstop)
Set the half brick on top of the wedge on the saw.
This gives the tapered bottom to top cut of 4deg which has been pretty good for rows 3-7. I'll probably recut a 5deg wedge for the next row.


For the front to back taper you have to angle the brick on the table by turning it a few degrees. I used three door shims stacked together to angle the brick for the second angle.

Now cut all 30 bricks with that compound cut. and you are half way there.

Flip the wedge and shims to the other side of the table and cut the bricks on the other side. ta da

Once you get it going, you can knock out a row in under 30mins.

[geisen]

Re: Greg's Pompeii 42" - San Diego

A few more shots.

[exceloven]

Re: Greg's Pompeii 42" - San Diego

Greg,
Looks great. I like your flared entry. It will make your door soooo much easier to get out. I debated it for awhile and just wimped out (didn't want to deal with the flared arch). Now, when I think about it, if you can build a dome, you should be able to do a flared arch. Oh well, already done.
You'll be firing it up before you know it. Start collecting firewood!

Mark

[mfiore]

Re: Greg's Pompeii 42" - San Diego

Looks great. Nice to see it closing in. Keep it up.

[geisen]

Re: Greg's Pompeii 42" - San Diego

Eric
You are welcome anytime.
Wear your work clothes and we'll give you some hands on training. ;-)
GG

[eprante]

Re: Greg's Pompeii 42" - San Diego

Greg,

Your project looks great. I am in El Cajon and just started thinking about doing this project. I have been reading the site for a couple of weeks trying to learn as much as possible. I would love to see the project in person, and see exactly how you are doing the cuts on the bricks etc(since I've never laid or cut a brick in my life). If that is too much to ask, no worries, I'll just keep looking at the pictures. You can email me at eprante@yahoo.com

Eric

Thanks,