cutting 1/2" rebar

Bounce530 · Post by **Bounce530** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 10:59 pm

On the latest trip to the hardware store I picked up a 10' length of 1/2 rebar for under $5, since the 12" lenghts were almost $2 a piece, not hard to figure the better deal...But now I have this bar and no chop saw, so how should I go about getting this down to the 12" bars???

Bob · Post by **Bob** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 11:08 pm

It's called a hack saw. Start hacking.

oneeyeddick · Post by **oneeyeddick** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 11:21 pm

That's some funny shit if he has to buy one first..........

Bounce530 · Post by **Bounce530** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 11:58 pm

fucking manual shit, man I'm lazy, but cheap also, so hackin I go....(Yes I do have a hack saw, its prob got a wood blade on it though, lol) so this would be fun for you guys to watch cause Im sure that thing is going to be whippin around and I'll be cussing cause the blade is going to get stuck, prob knock out a couple windows, gouge the trucks, poke a hole in the wall, stab a cat, then javelin that fucker into the neighbors roof, and go back to the store and buy the pre cut shits....

Token · Post by **Token** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 12:12 am

You know that they motorized the hacksaw and called it a saber saw or sawzall.

stargeezer · Post by **stargeezer** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 7:37 am

If you have a circular saw, they make a fiber blade for metal. It cuts through rebar like butter, but wear goggles as it does throw sparks. Also watch where the sparks go, flammable objects can light off. I aim towards a concrete driveway or a nice green lawn. If you wear glasses, do not trust them in place of the goggles, this blade melts though the metal and the sparks are hot pieces of metal that will destroy a good pair of glasses.

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 7:55 am

if you can find a contractor working somwhere, they usually have bolt cutters......

EB · Post by EB » Fri Jun 19, 2009 8:21 am

Why are you cutting it into 12" lengths? If you're leaving room at the top to secure your tent strap (or whatever) that only gives you about 8" of bar into the playa, hardly enough to "bite."

Give yourself an extra six inches, buddy. Yes, I know, that's what she said.

flatlander13 · Post by **flatlander13** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 8:49 am

Cut the rebar into 15" lengths. Place about 2" of rebar into vice. Slide a 4' long by 1' diameter metal pipe over the ~11 inches of rebar you have sticking up out of the vice. Using the pipe for leverage bend the rebar (that is unless you're a total pussy....then get some girl scout to do it for you). You will be able to bend the rebar so it is almost in a hook shape so there is no gagged edge for people to step on. When you set up your tent you use a 4 to 8 pound sledge hammer to pound the bent rebar stake flat into the ground; so there is no part sticking up to step on......thus endith the lesson.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 9:07 am

What are you, amish?

Buy 3 or 4 edged tent stakes with a removal hook, in steel, aluminum or titanium.
They hold better and come out easier.
Why make yourself crazy?

EspressoDude · Post by **EspressoDude** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 9:36 am

flatlander13 wrote:Cut the rebar into 15" lengths. Place about 2" of rebar into vice. Slide a 4' long by 1' diameter metal pipe over the ~11 inches of rebar you have sticking up out of the vice. Using the pipe for leverage bend the rebar (that is unless you're a total pussy....then get some girl scout to do it for you). You will be able to bend the rebar so it is almost in a hook shape so there is no gagged edge for people to step on. When you set up your tent you use a 4 to 8 pound sledge hammer to pound the bent rebar stake flat into the ground; so there is no part sticking up to step on......thus endith the lesson.

what is it about girl scout and gagged edge that sounds kinky

phil · Post by **phil** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 10:52 am

If this report:
http://burncast.blogspot.com/2009/06/up ... addis.html
is true, you may be able to get someone with experience to cut your rebar for you.

flatlander13 · Post by **flatlander13** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 1:31 pm

Who says I'm not already crazy.......anyway, you can't tell someone who asks you how to cut and bend rebar to just shut up and do it with your mind......like I do.......they just don't get it.

SilverOrange · Post by **SilverOrange** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 2:08 pm

Just remember to always use the right tool for the job.

Sawzall to cut rebar-YES

Sawzall as a sex toy-NO

LEXINGTON PARK, Md. -- Some sexual experimentation landed a southern Maryland woman in a hospital with injuries tough to imagine and even more difficult to forget.

Maryland State Police airlifted the 27-year-old woman to Prince George's County Hospital Center early Sunday morning after she was injured in an incident involving a sex toy attached to a saber saw blade, TheBayNet.com first reported.

The man who called 911 about the incident admitted attaching the sex toy to the saw and then using the high-powered, homemade device on his partner, according to the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office.

The saw cut through the plastic toy and wounded the woman, according to TheBayNet.com. The injuries were severe enough for medevac, but the woman was released from the hospital Monday and is recovering from her unusual injuries.

Investigators talked to the woman, who told them she suffered the injuries during a consensual act and that she and her partner were trying something new and no crime was committed, the sheriff's office said.

Fire_Moose · Post by **Fire_Moose** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 2:17 pm

hahaha i like how he just left the blade and popped the dildo right over it

Token · Post by **Token** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 2:24 pm

A Kichen Aid mixer with a pushrod is so much better.

Elorrum · Post by **Elorrum** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 9:43 pm

What kind of tool to use? what kind of tool that one can find walking down the street, in the road, totally free, easily and quickly used, cuts rebar like butter? none I can think of. But have you considered, other people's tools?

cutting torch, floor stand bolt cutters, reciprocating saw, grinder with metal cutting disc. I think it is right to say a hacksaw will send you lurching back to the hardware store for the pre-cut lengths.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 10:16 pm

Metal cutting lubricated bandsaw.
Or hydraulic shears or boltcutters.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 10:19 pm

You can use a cutting wheel in a circular saw or even a big dremel.
Be VERY careful.
Lots of eye protection.
Not a casual skill.
Be safe.

Bounce530 · Post by **Bounce530** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 11:25 pm

Got it done with no stiches or broken windows....Thanks to Harbor Frieght, 7 bucks for an air cutter, and a few minutes later I have my tent stakes.

Elorrum · Post by **Elorrum** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 6:51 am

Well done Bounce!!

skibear · Post by **skibear** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 9:06 pm

gyre wrote:Metal cutting lubricated bandsaw.
Or hydraulic shears or boltcutters.

At the steel yard (Capital steel-Sacramento; cheapest
place around) where they only sell 10 ft lengths on
several occasions I've tried:

24 inch bolt cutters -works poorly with great effort.
Maybe 36 or 48 in mega jumbo or floor mounted one?

Hacksaw - almost worthless. Some contractors took pity
on me and let me use their truck mounted hand hydraulic
shears. to cut them in half in 10 seconds to go in my
small SUV.

Hydraulic shears, see above, work great !
Cutting torch- likely good
Cutoff wheels (electric or air) great but a bit slow.

Those of us flying in by air can't carry such heavy stuff !

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 11:57 pm

I meant hydraulic boltcutters.

Planes- see aluminium.

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 8:15 am

I'm always available to cut steel if anyone is near Sacramento, CA.
I'm an hour towards Lake Tahoe along I-80