tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4500570562749094137.post7610564210326684519..comments2021-09-27T03:59:10.424+01:00Comments on Forno Economico: Making the hearth formCarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08942885738774429615noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4500570562749094137.post-54164532688330916292007-11-04T18:58:00.000+00:002007-11-04T18:58:00.000+00:00Thanks - I'll do that. Because at the moment my wi...Thanks - I'll do that. Because at the moment my wife is trying to come up with a plan involving refractory cement and raku clay with an adobe insulation - she expects me to know how to calculate and allow for the different coefficients of expansion or some such phrase.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4500570562749094137.post-71323498256483389602007-10-21T23:53:00.000+01:002007-10-21T23:53:00.000+01:00Tony - see if you can get a copy of Tom Jaines' bo...Tony - see if you can get a copy of Tom Jaines' book. He recommends using engineering bricks for the oven, and only firebricks for the hearth. Might cut a few costs. Even the Alan Scott book says that you can use 'red brick' for the oven if you fire it slowly and carefully. I might do this, although I'm thinking more about adobe/clay right now...Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08942885738774429615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4500570562749094137.post-1593489809931429372007-10-21T23:07:00.000+01:002007-10-21T23:07:00.000+01:00Glad to see that the oven is moving nearer to comp...Glad to see that the oven is moving nearer to completion. We're currently trying to work out suitable alternatives if we can't find appropriately priced fire bricks. Hmm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com