Man I just subbed and the. realised you aren’t making videos anymore!! Anything thoughts to get back into it?? Would love to see some updates on gear, even the pants, jackets etc you swear by.
Yeah the spud wrench would be useful for getting the rebar up for chairs I suppose in terms of being a rodbuster... what other uses on a PT deck could it have??
Why you all hating this man for. He is making videos to show people how to tie rebars with ties that some people don't know. If you don't like it don't watch it simple. You all think your bettet than everyone go & make videos & see your technique of tieing rebars. You all lame & goofy for hating this man.
Brother my back hurts so bad after today they had me tying matts weaving through all 4 quadrants. Not a steel worker but I tied about 600-800 ties like that today in about 5-6 hours 😅
The rebar should always have clearance or ("cover") away from the formwork. Good clearance prevents moisture from penetrating the concrete, And in the future that moisture can cause rust degridation on the reinforcing which causes the rebars to expand thus cracking the concrete making it structurally weaker and prone to catastrophic failure ! Engineers state the distances on the drawings and must always be adhered too ! Your a fool if you don't ! 😂
Max Twintier Rebar Tier made all this obsolete for the most part, it is always good to know these skills, but mechanical devices will make this kind of work less back-straining and breaking and save a lot of time.
Interesting in Ireland we use Knipex End cutters almost exclusively for tying rebar. Same for the UK I'm a formwork carpenter by trade and often got my arms torn up by sharp ties when closing up wall forms.
Well, First of All! If you Order Sidecutter's! Then they're Called 213-9- ST!!! Tied Rebar in 15 Sates for over 27 Years building 2 Nuclears, 2 Coal Burners & 2 Hydros!!! Rebar in 1979 came from East Germany called Dywidag Rebar!!! Over 15 Acres of #14 & #18's Alone!!! 20 More Acres of Rebar!!! REAL CONSTUCTION JOBS!!!
Too much work putting your finger in the wire to manipulate the bend. 1 it creates extra steps. 2 your gonna catch your glove or your finger too often,especially if your wearing big leather gloves. 3 the wire won’t always end up in the right places and will make slightly weaker ties.
Where is your foldable ruler, where is your calculator, where is your torpedo level?? where is your 9 pliers, not those 7’s you called 9’s?? You ain’t no rodbuster wey.
Man all these guys on here talking about loving rod-busting? Obviously they haven't been doing too long! Cause anyone's thats done it for awhile starts hating their job by year 5 I think? Unless their certifiably crazy! Then I think it's around 10 years that the love is lost and replaced resentment for whomever talked you into becoming a rod buster! I'll admit the first few years is kinda fun everyone's racing each other to see who's fastest tying running around beating their chests like a bunch of crazed gorillas trying to carry the more steel then next guy, but then all that He-Man shit starts catching up with you and after 25-30 years when you can't stand up straight anymore and some pain management doctor has you addicted to pain killers for the rest of your life, Well that's about when you start thinking "Damn I wish I would've stayed in school or Hell? Even finishing Concrete's better this this! And it pays more too damn it!" Oh but hey how 'bout these new? Or somewhat new rebar tying guns? Anyone use them and are they worth the crazy amounts of money they want for a brand name ones, or do the cheapy's do a comparable job? And do you need clearance around the steel? Like does the mat have to be up on dobies already cause that would kinda make it suck id think, or could they tie a mat thats resting on your subgrade? I mean on these decks with double mats 12" o/c I'm sure they work great but for someone's that mostly doing slab on grade is worth the hefty price tag? Any info. Would be greatly appreciated!
This is definitely a young man’s game in rebar. I started out hating it but grew to love it, still don’t like it tho. As for tie guns they’re good for certain situations like doing lines of mats for hours. All in all pliers are more flexible so every rod buster should be a proficient at tying. Every rodbuster should have an exit plan from the field. You body will force you to exit, with that said I have met quite a few old timers who have been in the field 30+ years.
What I like about this video is that you go into such details in order to be more efficient. All those little movements that you mention would take some of us probably years to figure out for ourselves. You're an excellent teacher! Keep it up.
