Pizza Oven Dome Goes Vertical - Chain Two and Three - September 2024

Last week, the pizza oven dome went vertical with the first chain rising above the solider course.  Today, I'm showing a few more photos of even more vertical construction.  First, I've learned from the FornoBravo community that part of mortar'ing in a chain of bricks on the dome *should* include the placing and mortar'ing of an 'anchor brick' for the next course/chain.  You can see that below - in the first photo.  I set the first brick of the second chain (soldier + 2) in the middle of the back of the dome.  I did this one evening, then let it set.  I came back the next night and was able to mortar in the bricks to the side while using this fixed brick as an anchor.

Below you can see that anchor brick with the rest of the chain:

From there, the dome keeps rising:

Below you can see the pitch starting to be created by the IT / dome gauge.  

Below is the solider + three chains.  Four in total - from the outside of the dome.  

And here, below, is the same view from the inside: