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6feetdown

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So glad to see the back of this one.

Step altered and RC sump pit added to existing raft slab.

In a basement so all by hand. And reinforcement couldn't be cut so that the new bars could lap in.

The only bit I enjoyed was using the new rebar bender.
A lot of steel in that for a small sump
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
Wasn't locked out but top bar isn't available
no -- I meant how do you get on the site .. I have it bookmarked on the desk top and just use that .. don't do 'net on the phone, so don't know how you go about 'bookmarking' summat, but maybe your link is missing some detail? @Giles is yer man for techy tish
 
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6feetdown

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no -- I meant how do you get on the site .. I have it bookmarked on the desk top and just use that .. don't do 'net on the phone, so don't know how you go about 'bookmarking' summat, but maybe your link is missing some detail? @Giles is yer man for techy tish
Yeah i stay logged in I'll try logging out
 
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6feetdown

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Giles

Giles

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So glad to see the back of this one.

Step altered and RC sump pit added to existing raft slab.

In a basement so all by hand. And reinforcement couldn't be cut so that the new bars could lap in.

The only bit I enjoyed was using the new rebar bender.

Nice love this kind of stuff we had 5 years or so at brake factory doing press pits and big machinery foundation all 16-25mm bar etc

I bought a few of the max rebar guns to speed up making up 16mm x 16mm 100c/c mats
 
groundworker

groundworker

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Nice love this kind of stuff we had 5 years or so at brake factory doing press pits and big machinery foundation all 16-25mm bar etc

I bought a few of the max rebar guns to speed up making up 16mm x 16mm 100c/c mats
How do you rate the Max guns? I was looking at them the other day as I don't really rate my Makita.
 
Giles

Giles

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How do you rate the Max guns? I was looking at them the other day as I don't really rate my Makita.

They are very good for un skilled labourers to quickly tie up mats of bars etc

Handy for joining up mesh sheets quickly

Good for putting in L bars etc

But they doing tie tight, so bar ends up being slack and can move, i often throw in a manual tie every 5 one etc to give it rigidity. Or diagonals etc to stops mats concatenating up when lifted etc, Ive the two sizes the small and big ones we use them on every rebar project just have to be conscious its not tight, can climb horizontal bars etc on walls where hand tied you could.

 
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groundworker

groundworker

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They are very good for un skilled labourers to quickly tie up mats of bars etc

Handy for joining up mesh sheets quickly

Good for putting in L bars etc

But they doing tie tight, so bar ends up being slack and can move, i often throw in a manual tie every 5 one etc to give it rigidity. Or diagonals etc to stops mats concatenating up when lifted etc, Ive the two sizes the small and big ones we use them on every rebar project just have to be conscious its not tight, can climb horizontal bars etc on walls where hand tied you could.

Cheers looks like a good tool and sounds much the same as my Makita with the loose ties, but that's not often been a problem for my work. The Makita has been really frustrating though, with an intermittent issue where it won't fire. Had the trigger replaced under warranty but it's still doing it which drives me nuts, the idea of tying a whole job by hand makes me want to throw it across the room.
 
Storrsy

Storrsy

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Yesterday's job improving car park entrance in the baking heat mixing up kerb concrete by hand!
Cut off damaged slab of tarmac and decided it wasnt coming home with me so put the grab to good use snipping it into little bits prior to blinding over with 803. Was also handy placing the large granite kerbs which were not manouverable by hand.
 

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Russell

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So glad to see the back of this one.

Step altered and RC sump pit added to existing raft slab.

In a basement so all by hand. And reinforcement couldn't be cut so that the new bars could lap in.

The only bit I enjoyed was using the new rebar bender.
That's an interesting looking job.
What make is the rebar bender?
 
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Giles

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Processing the ones we cut down, the carbide rebar cutting blocks do an awesome job some of this bar is 30mm

We’d been cutting it up to start with but so much quicker to chomp it up

Got about 1.5 ton of clean chopper up rebar what’s scrap at currently?
 

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