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Re: [TowerTalk] What rebar is made is

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] What rebar is made is
From: Bill Turner <dezrat@copper.net>
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:36:43 -0700
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On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:39:15 -0700 (PDT), "Rick Karlquist"
<richard@karlquist.com> wrote:

>Answer:  guns :-)
>
>All the recent discussion on rebar came to mind yesterday while
>I was watching a show on the History Channel about what happens
>to guns confiscated by the police.  It turns out that the LA police
>take seized guns no longer needed for legal purposes and send
>them by the truckload to a nearby foundry.  There they go into
>an arc furnace where they are melted down, and after a series of
>steps explained on the TV show, eventually emerge as REBAR.
>The TV show has the foundry owner proudly listing some of the
>famous structures that are rebarred courtesy of his foundry,
>and the LA police.  I guess the specification on rebar must
>go something like:  mostly iron, with some other stuff.  Kind of
>like sausage; don't ask too many questions.

------------ REPLY FOLLOWS ------------

The quantity of guns melted down vs the quantity of rebar produced
annually would suggest that gun metal is a very small percentage.

It was a good program, however.

Bill W6WRT
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