Although Hall is not a mason (and I'm not either), he used a simple technique of working with a template that he moved along after he finished a course of bricks so that he could begin a new course. The partially completed oven shown above is one that I've had under construction for the past few weeks.

Just found your blog via The Flying Tortoise and thought you might be interested in my collection of posts on kilns and hornos:
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My blog is altbuildblog.blogspot.com. I like what you are doing, keep up the good work.
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ReplyDeleteI'll check it out.
Stu