• GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Actually it looks pretty easy. Rebar is usually pretty easy to bend, especially if you have a blowtorch, which you would need to weld them together. A little heat to fuck the tempering and you can bend it with a vice and a hammer.

    • Downanotherday [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      You don’t even need to heat it. #5 or 6 (1/2 - 5/8 inch)rebar fabricated in the manner shown in this pictures would fuck up a tire good.

      You can easily bend it 45 degrees with a good vice and piece of pipe.

      • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Oh fuck I forgot about the pipe trick, and that's what we use at work to tighten this big ass vice with a spoked wheel. Instant leverage boost, I love it!

        • Downanotherday [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          You don’t even really need a vice or pipe.

          My concrete kids forgot to bring fucking every tool to a site. I just lifted a skid steer bucket off the the ground, put the rebar in between the ground/bucket and used the length of rebar as leverage.

          You would waste a bunch of material building them this way. But that shit is pretty much free at every construction site after hours.

      • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Probably not. A diagonal cut would be all the "sharpening" that would be necessary, but even that it might not actually be necessary. The weight of the vehicle is probably enough to pop the tire under the stress.