Dan:
I bent 24 pieces of 3/4 inch rebar for my Trylon's rebar cage. It
bent fairly easily with only moderate effort by me pushing on a long piece
of galvanized water pipe slipped over the piece to be bent. I used another
shorter piece of pipe to hold the opposite end of the rebar in place. I
kept about an inch or so of space between the pipes at the bend and it
worked out pretty well. That answers the question: "MUST rebar be heated to
bend it?" No.
The other question is, "SHOULD rebar be heated before being bent?" I
never thought about that, and never read of anyone on TT using that method.
BTW: I have to give credit to N8WRL for the bending method I used.
73 de
Gene Smar AD3F
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From: dan hearn <dhearn@ix.netcom.com>
To: towertalk@contesting.com <towertalk@contesting.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 6:59 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Bending Rebar
>
>Is it customary to use a torch to heat rebar when bending it?
>73, Dan, N5AR
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