39" Stargate Pompeii

[kpms1st]

hi Amac the sika 700 seal is a paint on product and I used nearly a gallon of it to give me 6 coats and so far any rain seems to bead and run off pizza tools look just as good as 1 I got which by the way was American build would have thought of little house over oven but didn't get planning permission from higher up Kevin

[Amac]

I'm embarassed by how little I have got done in the last month or so - and the weather has been mostly excellent. Still haven't managed to decide how to complete the oven - so I need a kick in the ass.
I did make a second door after the first attempt warped/shrunk so badly all the boards separated even though I was soaking it. Learning from my mistakes (not!) I made another wooden one - this time from a single piece of teak I had in the garage, just over 1" thick. I won't face it to the oven though - first I push in the old one and the new one fits neatly over it. That'll do me until the first one chars so badly I have to replace it. Carved the hadles from the same piece and bolted them on. Did I read somewhere that zinc plated is bad and I should use stainless for bolts?

I also made a piece of flue from some scrap copper cylinder I got from hammond lane for €20 - (there must be some tinker in the blood ) - even made the copper rivets by following a you tube video. I got a quote from my engineering guy for a stainless steel one and it was €220 so that decided me to have a go. I tried the shorter piece and it fits OK.
I am trying to decide whether to transition the longer piece to a round flue but I don't really see any advantage - it would actually make the flue opening larger I reckon, when I should be tapering it.

I've started to pick out and clean some stones to build up my retaining wall at the front of the oven. That wall was last years project and all the stones came from the back garden. The stone around here is mostly limestone and the slope at the back is glacial boulder clay so a lot of the stones have little fossils which show up after cleaning them.

[Gulf]

There are a lot of great builds going on right now at the same time. I definately see yours as one of the best . Congratulations on being named to Lburou's (A newbie’s survey of the Forno Bravo treasures hiding in the archives). I don't know if it is acceptable or not but I am going to add a like to my own post (this one) .

Edit: Evidently it is not acceptable (the option is not available) but, I would if I could .

[Karangi Dude]

Hi Aidan,

Great build mate, I like what your are doing with the stonework it looks great.

Hey Joe, I hope you don't just LIKE your oven you LOVE it like the rest of us.

[Gulf]

Originally Posted by Karangi Dude

Hi Aidan,

Great build mate, I like what your are doing with the stonework it looks great.

Hey Joe, I hope you don't just LIKE your oven you LOVE it like the rest of us.

Hey Doug,
I was actually referring to my above post . But, on that note, I don't think it would ever work. Me being a "commoner: and all .

[Amac]

There are a lot of great builds going on right now at the same time. I definately see yours as one of the best . Congratulations on being named to Lburou's (A newbie’s survey of the Forno Bravo treasures hiding in the archives)

I am speechless - Lburou's list is the nearest we have on this forum to an award system and I feel as though I won an oscar, and I should have prepared a speech thanking lot's of people. I really feel almost embarrassed to be included on that list of great builds with dino, gianni karangi Dude, yourself and tu to name just some. Thanks also for the comments guys.
Now - no pressure but I better get on and finish this to some presentable level. I have a few ideas (and a few bricks which I rescued from a skip) so this week I have some plans to carry on weather permitting - this last week we've had a lot of rain.

[banhxeo76]

Congratulation on being place on the list and it is well deserved. There has been a lot of great WFO designing/building taking place in 2012. Keep up with the good work mate!

[texman]

Great Job and congrats! You had my vote just from using the angle grinder. I can hardly build with a wet saw! Keep up the good work; we are watching
Tracy

[UtahBeehiver]

Amac,

Really like your chimney design, and if you have no objections, I would like to incorporate the brick layout into my build, only I will adding a joint of DuraVent on top of the brick. Nice to be able to have access to all that stone. Great build.

[Amac]

Really like your chimney design, and if you have no objections, I would like to incorporate the brick layout into my build, only I will adding a joint of DuraVent on top of the brick. Nice to be able to have access to all that stone. Great build.

Thanks Russell = I don't have any copyright - in fact virtually everthing is copied (not too sure if it is all acknowledged - stolen with pride) so fire ahead. Ovens are like snowflakes we all start off with the same plans but I have not seen any two yet end up looking the same.