Rebar Cages for Sono Tubes or Concrete Piers
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- Опубликовано: 3 июл 2024
- Adding tensile strength to your concrete with rebar is not expensive at all! Today I show you how easy it is to make your own rebar cages even if you have no wire ties. With minimal welding skill anyone can make these cages for less than $20 and a little bit of time.
But Merch here - meltinmetal.com
Here’s some of the tools I used
Optrel welding helmet- rockmountwelding.com/products...
Hobart handler 140 - www.amazon.com/dp/B009X43F38/... 
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Hell yea Rockstar!! That's some solid info right there! Can't wait to see more of your personal touch on this house build!
Anthony is the man! Always great video content. I also appreciate he mentioned the MIG settings!
The house is looking great man, well done!
Great video love how it’s all coming together going to look sick 👍👍👍👍
Thanks 👍
house is looking great man congrats
The house looks great anthony
Nice one dude 👍
Your videos always do entertaining keep posting
Thanks, will do!
I built thousands of window bars and prison style entry doors out of 3/4' rebar for a storage facility in the 90's. I made an absolute fortune of that job and the next ten that were just like it. I dunno why some people say they hate welding rebar. Crank the heat and let er eat!
Nice job on the rebar for the tubes. I may have missed it but it there anything from keep the rebar from touching the tube, like spacers
No just the steadiness of my hand! But that right there is more important that weather I welded it or not. If and of that rebar is exposed it could absorb moisture and swell from rust cracking the concrete!
F*k yeah dude. Love to see it. My twin and I have a primeweld 225 acdc tig/stick and a Lincoln 140 mig/flux core, Chicagoland area. Missed fabtech like a f*king idiot. Your channel is the best on RUclips for learning IMO.
Basically.. Hell yeah
I was told not to weld rebar because it weakens it. Two wire ties at each point should be good enough
I’ve welded certain grades in bridge applications. I can’t see it matters in such a small structure.
@@MeltinMetalAnthony *I see it welded all the time, plus shouldn't matter as your deck is a compression application and concrete is strong in compression and the rebar adds the strength in tension.*
Worked for a precast company for a number of years, they used welding extensively in the reinforcing cages. There are some guidelines about joints and where not weld but definitely not an issue.
Sweet
The American Welding Society (AWS) D 1.4 sets out the practices for welding rebar in the US Without special consideration the only rebar that is ready to weld is W grade (Low-alloy - A706). Rebar that is not produced to the ASTM A706 specification is generally not suitable for welding without calculating the "carbon-equivalent". Material with a carbon-equivalent of less than 0.55 can be welded.
ASTM A 616 & ASTM A 617 (now replaced by the combined standard A996) reinforcing bars are re-rolled rail steel and re-rolled rail axle steel with uncontrolled chemistry, phosphorus and carbon content. These materials are not common.
Rebar cages are normally tied together with wire, although spot welding of cages has been the norm in Europe for many years, and is becoming more common in the United States. High strength steels for prestressed concrete cannot be welded
Well he always said he’s a shitty welder but a good business man…. 😂 guess we are seeing that shitty welder side.
Tying Rebar
For almost every intent, purpose, or code, tying rebar has become the standard way of securing your rebar together. Why? Tying keeps the rebar cool, so you don’t have structural issues down the road. It allows flexibility for the slab and the rebar to move independently to a certain extent without causing stress fractures in your finished project. It doesn’t require you to get any particular variety of rebar unless the specs call for it and it’s much faster to put together on the job site, especially when you have the proper tools for the job. Let’s take a look at a couple rebar-tying tools:
The BNT-X Series Automatic Rebar Tiers automate your tying job with a lightweight tool that uses a powerful 18 volt, rapidly-charging lithium-ion battery. Each tie includes three turns and on average, you’ll get up to 4,000 ties out of each battery charge, saving you a lot of time otherwise spent replacing and charging batteries. The pistol grip lets you work all day comfortably while the wire coils provide up to 128 wraps per coil. We carry three models designed for different rebar size and tying needs, along with a line of accessories and replacement wire.
Welding Rebar
The first question you need to ask when considering welding rebar is whether or not it can be welded in the first place. Because rebar is not as closely controlled in terms of metallurgical quality, the average rebar you pick up at a contractor supply house or big box home improvement store isn’t high enough quality to be welded effectively. Welding-quality rebar is typically marked with a “W”. But many inspectors won’t allow rebar to be welded, depending on their local codes, and you’ll need to remember to not quench the rebar, as this affects its ability to provide proper support in the finished product. Many people avoid welding rebar because the concrete and the rebar in the final piece will expand and contract at different rates, so having the rebar welded together creates pressure points where the concrete can crack.
@@FishFind3000I don't want to crap on the man's welding ability, but he is a good teacher if you think about it. We all just learned something lol
Just so you guys who don’t weld every day know, he’s welding that so damn cold you almost wouldn’t be able to notice a difference in the steel. Normally I would weld something that thickness at about 24v 400-450 in/min at least. He’s taking his time. Notice how you never see the rebar actually glow.
@@Weldoholic I explained it pretty thoroughly. You want your cages to move freely to a certain extent. So it's more about the concrete than the weld. I just love the technical information. I'm welding everyday. Multiple processes. Just sharing some legitimate information. In the words of this great channel, "If you don't like it, then go f*** yourself." Lol
Wish ya would get a auto darkening mask for the camera so we can actually see you welding and not just blue light. Would definitely make it easier for you and more enjoyable for us . Keep up the good work 👌
I need to
Nice
What are you using for a welder?
the cages turned out looking nice. I did some reading about MIG welding rebar a while ago--I didn't do it because I read that some grades (high tensile strength) rebar can become very brittle from welding. Do you have any guidelines about what is or is not ok to weld? I would LOVE to MIG the next batch of pier cages. Doing it with wire is just a pain. And no matter how careful, the structure is all wiggly. Zapping it together I would much prefer.
HELL YEAH BROSKIII
Living the dream brother. Are you going to video the metal deck build? Also, I liked the video so I dont have to fuck myself.
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Steel and Concrete ..... no problems with termites ...... if you have them there
Just tie the cage with rebar wire. You shouldn't torch cut or weld rebar.
It really doesn’t matter. Most dudes just wet set 4 sticks in with no radial support
Am I on drugs or was there a video about an elevator that’s now gone
Drugs
Hm
Yeah d d d definitely
I watched it
Harbor freight winch and he’s gonna use poly he used on trash skids to help elevator move up and down easy
Lots of respect for this channel. Tells it like it is, admits if he doesnt know something 100% and tells the haters to go fuck themselves at the end of the videos 😂 great work! I do have 1 question though, whats the point of rebar inside the ground? Rebar to my knowledge is just there to help with sheer forces and provides nothing to the compressive strength of concrete. But its in the ground so the sheer forces shouldnt matter? Also rebar holds concrete together after it cracks but its encased in the ground so the dirt would hold it together anyway. Just not too sure what the benefit is, although you can never be too safe and its only 20 bucks so not worth the risk. Just curious.
From what I read it’s tensile strength, also we are on pure clay that shifts and cracks
@MeltinMetalAnthony totally unrelated rabbit hole I went down has told me that reinforcement actually plays a MAJOR role in its strength. 4in. pad can support 40lbs/Sq. in. but reinforced its 4,000 so I stand corrected for sure
@@MeltinMetalAnthony I think clay soils are the most unstable because they experience so much swelling and shrinking with wet/dry cycles. You might experience some seasonal lift and fall of the pads that are in soil compared to the ones on bedrock. Interesting engineering question.
Modern engineering is more about saving money anyway
Enjoy your videos Anthony! I’ve been welding for about 2 years now, doing odd jobs for friends and family here and there. I’d like to eventually work my way into repair welding as a side job. My question for you is how accepting are mobile welders of people in the homosexual/trans community? Being gay and trans myself, is that a subject I should stay away from? PS- I watch your videos late at night and I love it when you say “Go F Yourself” at the end of your videos. Keep whipping those sticks!
Not talking crap at all, just would like to say that I would have just sticked that kind of stuff. I liked your video though! Liked, subscribed, and trying to figure out how to fuck myself. I have a tape measure too, but it's not long enough.😂
looks like the arc crapin welder
No they sent me one and it didn’t work. I’m using the Hobart handler