Karangi Dude's 48inch Oven

[GianniFocaccia]

Re: Karangi Dude's 48inch Oven

Wow, Doug. Very, very nice work! Yours may be the most symmetrical last few courses ever. Definitely the work of a craftsman and something you can be proud of. Your standard sets the bar higher for the rest of us.

John

[cobblerdave]

Re: Karangi Dude's 48inch Oven

Dear Doug
This would be called in the building Game "the lock up stage"... looks like it supposed to... only the last fiting out to complete.
Very neat and well thought through construction ...enjoyed watching your progress...

Regards Dave

[OscarA]

Re: Karangi Dude's 48inch Oven

Great work Doug you'll be the envy of all your mates with that oven.
It's amazing how time flies when you get stuck into a project.
Make sure you take some nice shots on how you attach the blanket to the dome .

Thanks for the tip about the exercise ball Goose.

[Karangi Dude]

Re: Karangi Dude's 48inch Oven

YEH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Finally put the keystone in 3 1/2 months from the very start.

Doug is one happy chappy.

Doug

[Karangi Dude]

Re: Karangi Dude's 48inch Oven

Making and fitting the keystone is the final part of builing the dome.

I traced the hole onto the litte disk before I took out the support stand this will give me a starting point.

[Karangi Dude]

Re: Karangi Dude's 48inch Oven

Thanks Paul,

Yeah I will probably be doing a happy dance that's for sure. I will get the keystone made and fitted this afternoon and then my Wife and I will more than likely go to our local pub at Coramba. That's a little town about four Kms from our property it only has a pub, servo and general store and a few hundred houses. It has a good country feel about the place. I might even get to see a bit of the cricket and of course have a couple of well deserved drinks.
I will be posting some more pics of the inside of the dome when I finish cleaning up.

Paul my brick work will not be finished until the enclosure is complete then my Wife will be doing a happy dance as she gets her carport back as I have been using it whilst building the oven.

I will not be fireing the oven untill it is fully completed.
We are all hanging out for that as I made a statement a few weeks ago that I would not be making any more pizza until the oven is complete, we have been making pizza in our BBQ for quite a while.

Cheers Doug

[Alter ego]

Re: Karangi Dude's 48inch Oven

Well done Doug, It looks great. Is there a big "Topping Out" ceremony planed for when the keystone is placed and your brickwork is complete?

[Jayson]

Re: Karangi Dude's 48inch Oven

Doug, it looks great, fantastic effort, well done. Looks like the ply disc worked a treat right to the end.

[Karangi Dude]

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Just a few more pic's of the LAST course

Doug

[The Goose]

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@ OscarA - 'I have been thinking how I'm going to close my dome in the next week or so'

Inflatable exercise ball works a treat........

[Karangi Dude]

Re: Karangi Dude's 48inch Oven

Last course, just the plug to go!

Used the same method I used for the 12th course for the 13th and last course this time I screwed a small 6mm disk to set the angle back, I will then trace the hole left onto the little disk and use this as a template to make the keystone
Now I just need to make a keystone and it is all closed up YEH!

Doug

[Karangi Dude]

Re: Karangi Dude's 48inch Oven

Yes Jayson,
What I did was measure the diameter of the last course add a couple of mm, tried it for size, it needs to fit as flush with the bottom of the last course as possible that way there won't be any steps between the courses.

Regards Doug

[Jayson]

Re: Karangi Dude's 48inch Oven

Doug mate, it's a cracker! Thanks for the extra photos. So basically the disc size doesn't have to be perfect because it's not going through the hole. It just has to be a firm fit just the edge of the last course and the you use a shim/wedge to set the angle. Do I have it right?

[Karangi Dude]

Re: Karangi Dude's 48inch Oven

Hey Jayson,
Thanks for your kind words.
The jack thing came about when I was thinking of way to make a mini acroh prop. Basicaly I made a stand but then I needed a way of lifting the stand and disk into place so I simply put a brace at the right height for a jack to slip under and lift the last 10/20mm. Jayson first I made the stand and disk as one piece only to find out it would not fit through the door arch. So I then made the disk and stand as separate pieces, I attached a simple handle to hold the disk up, I held the disk in place while my wife gently cranked the jack until it just nipped the disk to the underside of the previous course of bricks. I then unscrewed the handle and laid the next course.

Regards Doug

[Jayson]

Re: Karangi Dude's 48inch Oven

Doug, this is a brilliant approach. Any other suggestions or advice for those of us thinking of using the same method. Anything you would do differently with the jack method. I think I will do it the same way and just wondered if there was anything else to consider before setting up the same way. I'm fast approaching the top rows.