 Re: Last brick (well almost)
Now this is the last "brick". I decided to do something different for the last one. Living in the "granite state" I grabbed one of the granite boulders that I had pulled out of the ground when the ovens foundation footings were dug. Managed to cut it into a nice block and then into the final brick. I finally killed the Harbor Freight 10" blade cutting the granite and switched to a new Home Depot blade. I prefer the HF blade it is thicker and cuts slower but it doesn't flex as much so it runs much truer. I started out the project with a HD blade, and switched to the HF blade early in the project because the HD blade was flexing enough that it developed a dangerous looking harmonic wobble.
The granite ended up being close in color to the fire brick so some of the effect is lost. Still not certain exactly where I am going with the arch for the final finish. However, I get to play with fire next weekend... The final finishing is going to wait until next year as it is really too cold to be messing around with mortar and water. My hose pipe and water buckets were all frozen this morning and the layer of ice on the pool didn't melt during the day. Today I cleaned up all the brick working gear and drained all the outside water pipes.
So one month and 230 odd bricks later it is done.
Thanks for looking
Julian |