Branch logger

[Breezeblock]

The problem there is, if you work for beer you run the risk of it becoming popular and you'll sh*tfaced every visit!

 

win win:thumbup:

[Billhook]

I am sure it said in the Branch Logger instruction manual

 

"It is hardly forbidden to use alcohol or drugs when using this machine"

[Billhook]

Great pics. The oven you have is actually the correct flue arrangement for a Pizza and bread oven. The idea was that as the flue gasses exited out the top front of the oven, they heated the dome and drew in oxygen from the bottom of the opening keeping the fire going. The design that Marko and I have means that some of the heat is wasted directly out the flue at the top - the payoff is that you don't get smoke in your face! The Portuguese manufacturer of our ovens actually makes a version with a brick face and a flue design exactly like your antique version. Second pic here: Fc 120 - four a bois pour : pain, pizza, viande | DPI

 

Or here:

 

Four a bois exterieur - Achat / Vente Four a bois exterieur pas cher - Cdiscount

 

The old ovens have come back into use over here in France, people rebuild and repair them and they are classed as bits of rural heritage. In some cases grants can be had to repair them, particularly the big communal 'village' versions that everyone shared once it was hot.

 

 

 

Edited to add links

 

 

Plus ca change!