Thickness of sheet metal for a door

[kebwi]

Re: Thickness of sheet metal for a door

Where did you buy the steel sheet from? It's time for me to build a door...and some pizza peels.

[heliman]

Re: Thickness of sheet metal for a door

Here is another door design that may be of interest. It is made of 2mm thick stainless steel. Should be easy enough to make.

I have a copy of this in mild steel which I use for "high heat" environments like the end of the night to kill the fire. The stainless one is more decorative and I noticed some blueing inside so that's why I opted for the 2 door arrangement.

[kebwi]

Re: Thickness of sheet metal for a door

That's beautiful. I definitely want an insulated door, so something a few inches thick either encasing vermiculite or InsBlock 19. In either case, I want it completely sealed from the inside of the oven obviously, yet I don't weld, so I'm not sure how to do that. Solder seems to melt at pizza oven temperatures so I won't be going that route.

How easy was it for you to manipulate 2mm steel? How did you cut it?

[heliman]

Re: Thickness of sheet metal for a door

I didn't actually make my door - it was supplied by the company who built and installed my WFO so I can't comment on manufacturing process.

I have the door, flue and entrance to the oven in stainless which gives a nice overall appearance. It was quite a bit more expensive to go stainless but definitely worth it in my view.

[Les]

Re: Thickness of sheet metal for a door

That's beautiful. I definitely want an insulated door, so something a few inches thick either encasing vermiculite or InsBlock 19. In either case, I want it completely sealed from the inside of the oven obviously, yet I don't weld, so I'm not sure how to do that.

Use rivets - there is a picture of mine in the photo gallery, it wasn't to hard to fabricate.

Les...

[papavino]

Re: Thickness of sheet metal for a door

Just to chime in on where to pick up the sheet metal, I picked mine up at Lowe's on Aurora.

[kebwi]

Re: Thickness of sheet metal for a door

On that topic, while I was disappointed at the small variety of sheet metal at HD just down the road from that Lowe's (I didn't look at Lowe's for sheet metal yet), I found that Ace had a much more impressive supply. Lots of fun stuff to play around with.