Hardwood oven door

[faz]

Here are some pictures of the door I made for my oven. It is made from a double layer of inch thick oak which has been finished with danish oil. I haven't used it with a hot oven yet so I am not 100% sure how it will perform. All the screws have been put in from the outside with the intention of minimising how much heat will travel up the screws.

I have to admit to taking some inspiration from scottme's door which he posted in the 'Building an oven door' part of the forum.







And the rear, with rope seal glued in place.

[turkey]

that looks lovely, I think the rope seal is a great idea.

Will you be wetting the door prior to use to minimise the chance of it becoming fuel?

[faz]

The danish oil will stop the door wetting, so I don't think that will be worth doing. The wood is so dense that I don't think it would soak up much water anyway. I'll see how I get on with a proper firing and post an update. Hopefully it will work ok

[turkey]

thinking about it , I placed wood into dry pretty much as soon as I smeared the embers round the oven, so it was not at full temp but it was not enough and the hardwood did not catch as it was not touching any ember and all cames out lovely and kiln dried