GarytheDino Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 I was at Lowes the other day and saw the rebar. I was wondering if anyone here has any experience in long bending with rebar. It looked cheaper than crs and hrs. What would be a good size to use? Is this even a good idea? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAMMERHEAD Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 I remember in one of Brookfields books he recommends using it to practice with. I bent one piece before. It was about 4ft long. Reeeeeaaaaal springy. If your grip slips it could take your head off. I buy 20ft bars of HRS at the local steel supplier way cheaper than any hardware store. -Erik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorGrip Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 Thanks for posting this topic GarytheDino because I had also been wondering about using the shorter pieces of re-bar usually found near the masonry items of course for bending. As far as buying the steel in bulk so to speak, I started out buying the 3 or 4-foot lengths from the hardware stores. Then I found the local steel distributor and I literally could buy a 20 foot section in some diameters and a 12 foot pieces in the larger diameters both round & square and HRS & CRS for either the same price or a mere dollar more give or take a quarter than what I was paying for the 3 and 4 foot pieces from the hardware store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyle Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 Yup same here Gator, the 20' lengths are the way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Concrete Pete Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 i just bent about a 4 1/2 foot piece ill post it today on my gallery... i would say start with a #4 piece of rebar and see how you do from there and work to a 5 and so on. it is very springy and dangerous to play with.... but since i have access to it being a concrete laborer i started messing with some scrap pieces Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meat Loaf Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 The common size for rebar is around 3/8" wide. Its EXTREMELY easy to bend in 4 or 3 foot sections, so challenge yourself. Start with 2' and work down to like 16" or 18". Starts to get hard. If you are a REAL strength god, get the bigger size rebar (5/16" i believe). Hard crap to bend even in 3' lengths. MEAT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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