Make Your Own Bricks

Follow me on my journey as I perfect the old art of making bricks. I will be making fired natural clay bricks, tiles, and even compressed earth bricks or "CEB"s. Much of what I make will be for projects around home that I have dreamt up over time. I offer to make for you bricks with your name on them for a small cost as well. I may from time to time stray to some of my other creations that I think you may find of interest also. Please leave a comment for me about what you find here.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Bridge build photo update #4

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My kids became some extra crew help a few weekends ago during the center pier concrete pour. I pulled the flood damaged bridge frame out of ...
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Sunday, October 10, 2010

Your name in brick.

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I have been kicking around the idea for awhile now. The idea of offering for sale a custom made brick with your name pressed into it. Maybe ...
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Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Bridge build photo update #3

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Here are some more progress photos on the east abutment and the start of the center pier.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010

More bridge building pics.

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More bridge construction photos. East bank abutment. Since these photos were taken I have backfilled the wall, poured concrete for the upstr...
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Sunday, September 12, 2010

Pouring concrete today.

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I was caught working on the bridge today.

Update photo progress.

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Its been awhile since I posted any pics on the my woodfired water boiler project for home heating. Here is the boilerhouse showing the summe...
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Thursday, August 26, 2010

Video of my latest firing of my bottle kiln.

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Here is my latest brick kiln firing video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ2vs7IdjAs
Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Bridge progress #2

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Its a slow process building my first bridge abutment on the east bank of my creek. Have to make the time after work and some more on weekend...
Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Ive started on my replacement bridge.

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Im finally underway on my replacement bridge. The bridge will cross the small creek on the property that limits access to my workshop and fu...
Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Bottle kiln, firing #2, better but not good

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I kept the top temp of the firing down to around 1850'F at the pryometer. But the center of the chamber still got much hotter than that...
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Monday, August 2, 2010

Monster results. Too hot!

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The bricks literally MELTED! Wow thats gotta be the hottest kiln Ive made ever. It took me a few hours with a hammer and chisel to force rem...
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Saturday, July 31, 2010

New brick bottle kiln. The 'Monster'

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My latest clay furnace is a small bottle updraft named 'Monster' by my daughter after an energy drink she says it looks like. Ive w...
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Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Tennessee red clay test firing.

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My wife and I went on vacation last week to the mountains of Gatlinburg, Tennessee. I gathered a sample of the well known local red clay to ...
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