Five Long Years!

[albacore]

Five years after finishing my WFO, I finally got round to making an inner door so I can bake bread in my pizza oven. OK, I've bodged it with a thermalite block up to now, but it was nice to make the proper thing.

Construction was meant to be simple, with a wood front and vermiculite board rear, but when the vermiculite board came it was pretty soft and weak (I think there must be different grades), so I decided it needed some protection on the rear. Luckily I had some 1.5mm stainless sheet which fitted the bill.

The front is solid oak fashioned from the head of a vintage spirit cask. This was quite tricky to work on, as each plank was bowed across the width, and the head assembly tapers towards the edges. Add to this the fact that the plank mating surfaces are cut at an angle so that they seal with compression when the hoops are driven on and the back is adze finished and it made for a challenging construction!

The "rune marks" on the front are the original markings on the cask which I left on for a bit of character.

Anyway, here's a few pics:









Lance

[truckcab79]

Lovely job. Beautiful but of timber there. Really characterful.

[albacore]

Thanks Truckcab; now I just need some decent weather to give it a trial run!

[oblertone]

As above, lovely job but I fear for the timber in the WFO environment, but would love to be proved wrong !

[albacore]

Yes, I do wonder about that myself. I think the back will be good, the sides may be a weakness; we'll see how it goes. I'm not planning to use it frequently, so that's in its favour.

[cobblerdave]

G’day
Lovely door. Recon it should survive, as the insulation should shield the wood.
Regards Dave

[albacore]

Thanks Dave - good to see you back on here!

Lance