busjoe

There is a weldable rebar out there. The mill I worked at had a "W" for weldable in the grade and size code on it. For those who don't know, US rebar is sized in 8ths of an inch. 4 bar is half inch and 8 bar is one inch. we made up to 18 bar in 80ft lenghts. 3 of those cold cut at a time in a shear is dramatic. With any rebar you have to get all the scale off it to get paint to stick good.

Nice bender Rusty. I am new here also. I like the idea of home built tools. Please post more pictures of the bender. It looks like a very sturdy tool.