tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900243389389147175.post2605871075230021708..comments2024-03-08T05:24:41.005-05:00Comments on Make Your Own Bricks: Brick furnace archway keyrwhendrixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11031355356490984560noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900243389389147175.post-38947533643979189142009-02-03T20:39:00.000-05:002009-02-03T20:39:00.000-05:00Thanks for the detailed response! Glad to have you...Thanks for the detailed response! Glad to have you stop by and take a look. Im a beginner at all of this, but enjoy learning about masonry work etc. Not sure I will tear this one down and do it over, but I will take your advise to mind when I begin work this summer on my garage. I want to put better arches over the windows and doors. Kinda looking to recreate the simple arch look of the 1880s type red brick buildings all around us. Want it to look like its already been here for 100 years. I like the old stuff like that. Anyway thanks again!rwhendrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11031355356490984560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900243389389147175.post-1576623735526714022009-02-03T12:59:00.000-05:002009-02-03T12:59:00.000-05:00Start the arch over. Use a radial brick shape wit...Start the arch over. Use a radial brick shape with much more of a pie shape so it turns more aggresively. <BR/><BR/>2 x pie x r(exterior arc) = circ<BR/><BR/>circ / 2 = length<BR/><BR/>length / (brick size+ mortar joint size)= # bricks and # mortar joints<BR/><BR/># joints x .375= joint TO<BR/><BR/>(length-joint TO) / # bricks = shape top<BR/><BR/>repeat shape bottom and you have the exact radial shape.<BR/><BR/>I love the project<BR/><BR/>Justin<BR/>www.jackarch.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com