dusty dome is 4" tall

[dusty]

As much as I would sometimes like to, if you were to get caught harvesting blubber from one of those "sacred" critters, you would be doing hard time at county. They are majestic when in their element, but when they come up the river and intrude on MY element, the are a true pain.

dusty

[gjbingham]

Up here on the Columbia, every once in awhile someone feeds one a stick of dynamite or a slug of lead after having a hooked fish eaten off their line. You can feel the silent applause in the air by all the local sportsmen in salute ( just before the Feds escort the perp. to jail).

How many inches is your oven sporting Dusty?

[dusty]

The worst one I have seen is when one grabed a guy's stringer that was hanging off of his 12' boat and almost capsized it. Turned it sideways long enough to allow about 1 1/2' of water to rush in. Lucky the guy didn't fall in the river.

Haven't had much time to work on raising the dome. I built the inside arch (thanks again Ken) yesterday, but the dome is still only 17 1/2" high (six courses). I hope to get back to it this week.

dusty

[gjbingham]

Wow! That's a fish story!

Once you get past the arch/dome transition, it will get a lot easier. I look forward to seeing your progress.
G.

[dusty]

Originally Posted by gjbingham

it will get a lot easier. I look forward to seeing your progress

Thanks George. Since Thanksgiving, it's been one of those "not enough hours in the day" phases that I'm sure everyone goes through from time to time. Except to just go out there and look at it, I have worked out there about 4 hours in the last week. And no end in sight. But when I do get back to it ,I will be sure to post some pics.

dusty

[telehort]

Dusty -
I have finshed my oven and will do a 'inventory" of what I have left over, but I may have about 25lbs or so of Heat Stop 50 dry mix I would be willing to give you if you would be interested. I hate to see it go to waste and don't know anyone else in the Sacramento area working on an oven. I am heading to San Francisco for a few days tomorrow, but send me a private message if you are interested.

[dusty]

Finished the seventh course today. Feels good to get back out there after a couple of weeks. Started today tying the sixth course to the arch - not too bad, and then set the seventh course. Plan to tye the seventh course in tomorrow, then finish number eight!
19 1/4'' tall and counting.

some pics I just took.

[Acoma]

Dusty, you planning on a near full width vent opening? Looks tapered to your true opening from the sides. Also, nice job keeping bricks from lining up over each other.

[dusty]

It was a bit to cold to start early, but I finished the eighth course this afternoon and the first four bricks of the ninth.
Starting to get cramped in there. Not enough room for me and my brick setting stuff. I think that I will soon be forced to finish from outside.

Here are some pics I took at quittin' time.

And one I just took of my oven house.

dusty

[gjbingham]

Boy, she's looking great! Really nice work Dusty.

Your back will really start to hurt once you start working hunched over from the outside.

You're going to be done in no time.

Have you got firewood already to go?

George