A Door Is Born

Okay, I am designing an insulated aluminum door for the oven. The shiny aluminum will help reflect some of the heat back into the oven and what gets by will be handled by the 3 1/2 inch thick insulation I got from Home Depot (plenty leftover.)

The parts of this door I got from City Mill for $125.10.

Yeah, big big money.

But take a look at this door! What a honey it turned out to be!!

Two pieces of aluminum cut from a template I'd made earlier to fit in the arch doorway This shows the construction without the insulation.

And here it is with the insulation in:

And it's fitting nice and snug into its spot:

 

I must say that the aluminum door gives a nice finished look to the oven! Also the shininess of the Aluminum will reflect some heat back into the oven from the inside.