01 oven site
02 oven prepped for vermiculite base
03 oven site prepped for vermiculite base
04 pouring vermiculite and insulation base
05 leveling slab form
06 pouring the slab
07 vibrating the form edges
08 screeing the slab
09 questions and answers after the final scree
10 designing the arc
11 testing the arc support
12 fondu mortar ready to stand walls
13 Devta buttering up wall bricks
14 using the diamond blade and sponge
15 Mitch and Doug taping wall bricks tight and plumb
16 standing straight
17 corner bricks cut and placed
18 Russ washing bricks
19 Russ building forms around the walls
20 pouring the cladding
21 getting there!
22 crew teamwork
23 Doug in the oven working the arc
24 arc brick laying tangent to form
25 the crew examine their work
26 checking the chimney walls
27 scribing the bricks
28 Jim checking Quills placement
29 Mitch prettying up the chimney arch
30 the crew observing Jim's brick laying
31 Mitch under the watchful eye of kevin
32 working and talking
33 the chimney goes up
34 Quill grout bagging the final joint
35 Quill through the chimney
36 the oven core
37 foil, mesh and rebar ready for pour
38 covering up the cladding
39 cladding with thermocouple wires
40 the workshop crew
41 stucco cage and first coat being applied
42 almost ready for stucco
43 first firing
44 close-up of first firing
45 gorgeous oven
46 freshly baked bread
47 addie with fresh bread