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Post by slowfood on Apr 19, 2012 20:26:03 GMT
Hi all, well I actually completed the oven last year but with one thing and another haven't had time to do anything with it, I did purchase one trailer but decided it would be on it's limit so sold it on and have now purchased a monster trailer to take the weight of the monster oven, Internally the oven is 1050mm. All walls and hearth are 75-80mm thick and the oven will be superinsullated on all sides, The flue is 8". Thanks Attachments:
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Post by slowfood on Apr 19, 2012 20:26:48 GMT
door section Attachments:
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Post by slowfood on Apr 19, 2012 20:28:22 GMT
floor and first section in place Attachments:
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Post by slowfood on Apr 19, 2012 20:29:32 GMT
Starting to place the dome Attachments:
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Post by slowfood on Apr 19, 2012 20:30:15 GMT
ready for keystone Attachments:
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Post by slowfood on Apr 19, 2012 20:31:32 GMT
Dome complete and all external joints sealed with fire cement. I shall seal all the internal joints at a later date. Attachments:
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Post by slowfood on Apr 19, 2012 20:32:34 GMT
The Doorway, (Cut into the trailer side for stealth)  Attachments:
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Post by slowfood on Apr 19, 2012 20:34:26 GMT
Tomorrow I shall start securing the oven together using various ideas so hopefully it'll be bombproof, Thanks
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Post by webbaldo on Apr 20, 2012 6:56:49 GMT
from an idiots point of view (ie mine lol), will the vibrations from bumps etc not crack the oven or the modular joints?
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Post by slowfood on Apr 20, 2012 8:39:18 GMT
I hope not lol. Seriously it's very unlikely. The joints are cemented together. (I shall also place concrete at the bottom of every joint)The oven is very heavy and thick and it will also be secured all around with wire rope tightened with turnbuckles. In turn it shall also have a reinforced render. The suspension is good and the base sits on a 35mm rubber mat to absorb some vibration. Hopefully I have every angle covered. The oven weighs approximately 700 kilos and the trailer Will carry 1500 kgs. So all good.
I have seen mobile ovens in France made out of brick. And they travel without grief so I guess there is no problem.
Yesterday I wrapped the entire oven in ceramic fibre (Double on the top) And galalvanized 25mm chicken wire tied with stainless steel wire.
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Post by webbaldo on Apr 25, 2012 9:37:43 GMT
I think you have taken pretty much every precaution so I think itll be fine!
Whats all the rules and regs for having a mobile oven. The thought of expensive permits etc put me off, or is it really not that bad?
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Post by slowfood on Apr 25, 2012 19:20:32 GMT
I really don't know, I believe it depends on your local authority, I have no plans to sell food to anyone, I will more than likely try to sell the unit as a whole as I am eager to start another project. However with the Olympics and the jubilee and the fact I live in a heavy tourist area I am sure there is a good living to be made,
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Post by webbaldo on Apr 26, 2012 13:13:05 GMT
fair point matey
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Post by slowfood on May 1, 2012 20:25:43 GMT
Well today I finished putting on the Vermiculite coat of insulation and lit my first curing fire. I cant believe how much vermiculite it has used if I am correct it is 400 liters Vermiculite and near 90 kgs of cement. All this on a double layer of ceramic blanket. The curing fire worked a treat, I was worried my flue design wouldn't work properly but the draw is fantastic, not a touch of soot or smoke past the flue. Very happy, Tomorrow i'll start wrapping the oven with wire mesh yet again for the k-rend and yet another fire............ i'll post the photo's tomorrow
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Post by cannyfradock on May 1, 2012 21:00:04 GMT
Slowfood
I used 300ltrs of vermiculite on my 90 cm internal diameter Pompeii oven, so your 400 ltrs sounds similar in ratio to the size of your oven.
You will already know...but I'll mention that a home built modular oven holds an incredible amount of water, so please go slowly, slowly with your curing fires. It would be a shame for a crack to appear in that beauty you have built.
Terry
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