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I have been wondering what the best material is to attach the rebar to the steel arches.  Since the rebar will be exposed for some time, corrosion is an issue. I was hoping to use stainless steel wire but the cost is prohibitive…. That is unless it’s free.  We just scored a nearly endless supply of stainless steel wire from the local utility.  These pieces are waste cut-offs from their wire shielding.

While we wait out the winter weather, we will make our own rebar tie wires.

pastedGraphic.pdfI built a little jig to bend the wire to the right length.

 

pastedGraphic_1.pdf These homemade stainless steel “Snap Ties” will work great with the Spinner Rebar Tie Hook tool and best of all, they won’t rust.  It feels great to be able to recycle material that was destined for the trash bin and end up with something that is better than we could have paid for.  Recycle, Re-use, Renew!

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Jeff – Nice work, Steve luvu – March 10, 2009

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