Post by surfingspider on Sept 2, 2012 21:24:21 GMT
I finally decided to bite the bullet and make a proper door for my oven. I have been using the form (see below) that i used to make my arch. but as well as it not looking very pretty there were a lot of gaps for air to pass through. you could feel it pouring out with your hand. after all this effort insulating my oven letting all the heat out makes no sense. I picked up a flue thermometer from clus olssen which is an amazing £8.49. Thanks for the tip off scottme
My oven door now has a spiffy dial thermometer:
That's a Flue Gas Thermometer from Clas Ohlson, and as you can see it reads up to a respectable 500°C. I love that store.
It is all wood and has no real protection. It is only meant as a bake door as I have not chimney so cant fire it with a door on so there will be no flame in the oven when it is being used. So I am not worried about it burning too much.
I used my form from building the arch as a template. Which I have been using as a temp door.
I glued and dowelled together three pieces of 4" x 4" fence post I had left over from building the roof for my oven (best £20 I ever spent on ebay still got enough for a prep table). I cut it large then using a electric planer skimmed off the edges at a slight taper till I got a perfect fit. The handle is also carved out of offcuts of the fence post.
I added some stove rope in a routed gully just to give it an extra seal.
I kind of like the massive probe. My only worry with this project is that because the first 4" are encased in solid wood so the whole of the probe is not exposed to the full heat. It might not give a accurate reading (only being £8 it may not be remotely accurate anyway!)