Hi Gang, Just finished making one rebar cage and have more to do. Bending # 4 (half inch diameter) rebar is not so easy. Can I use a torch to heat up the rebar so that I can easily bend it or does th
Get a long pipe to sleeve over the rebar. Get a buddy to stand on the other end and just bend the pipe...no heating necessary. Bill K4XS _______________________________________________ ______________
Hi Scotty, Save yourself a lot of trouble and risk of injury and take the diagram of your rebar cage to a construction yard that does rebar bending or a construction steel company that does the same
Kinda depends on what you're building. If it's a simple cage that isn't interlaced with the tower base, just get a local rebar company to build it for you. If it has to be installed in layers or inte
Should have added one more thing. If you are bending hoops for a cylindrical cage, an EMT conduit bender works well. Kinda depends on what you're building. If it's a simple cage that isn't interlaced
Rent or borrow a rebar bender. It looks like a conduit bender with a different head (or, a giant version of a semirigid coax bending tool). Gives you plenty of leverage and grips the rebar convenient
Author: "K8RI on TowerTalk" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 20:18:25 -0400
I use a plain old fashioned manual pipe bender or EMT for the proper size. 1/2" rebar bends *relatively* easy even for an old guy like me if you're in half way decent shape. OTOH remember to allow fo
I'm having a bunch of concrete work done for landscaping, and after watching the guys bending and cutting rebar to go around curves and such, I'm never bending rebar by hand or cutting it with a hack
Scotty: Five years ago (at a much younger age!) I bent about 20 #6 (3/4 inch) rebars for my tower project in less than a couple of hours. You'll have to make a trip to the local Home Despot or Lowe's
I did mine the hard way. Chucked the re-bar in a vise, slipped a piece of heavy gauge steel water pipe over it, and bent it by hand. For some pieces I chucked it tightly and beat the bar into submiss
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- A cutoff blade in a circular saw works good too. Almost effortless, in fact. -- Bill, W6WRT _______________________________________________ _____________________
Author: "K8RI on TowerTalk" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 00:46:08 -0400
Folling this line of thought, try a "chop saw". They are available at Lowes, Home Depot, and most hardware store at a fairly reasonable cost. Keep in mind the size one can cut goes down in a hurry w
My definition of the "best" way to do rebar Call your local construction materials supply place, in my case it's Hughes supply http://www.hughessupply.com. Tell them what size rod, how many pieces, a
I used old fine toothed 7 1/4" skilsaw with the blade reversed. Made a good "endless" file! Cut halfway through and break. WB5GLB/since 1969 Folling this line of thought, try a "chop saw". They are a
The nifty bender/cutter does it in literally a second. It's like a specialized bolt cutter with a lot of leverage. And, doesn't require AC power, or picking up another tool (or, as happened on a job
Author: "Richard M. Gillingham" <rmoodyg@bellsouth.net>
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 12:48:26 -0400
When I arrived in the Miami area in 1967, the Agonic (0 degrees variation/declination) line passed right over us. Now, we're almost 6 degrees East... The only thing that doesn't change is... ....Chan
I found a steel fabrication company about 30 miles from home and went there with some drawings and measurements of what I needed to put in the 8x8 by 8 foot deep hole. They sold me the rebar I needed