rebar ?

[sardine]

Anyone know what grade steel rebar is ?

Is it any use for any other projects ?, I'm guessing its not hardenable?

 

[bobw1]

Theres different grades of it, I know that much. Some of it can be hardened as people have made knives out of it.

Bob

 

[fixerupper]

I don't know what grade it is but I've used it to make stuff with . It's quite hard and brittle well the stuff we have here is ... jeff...

 

[PTvor]

There are several grades of rebar from the stuff you get from the local builders' merchant to what they use for high rise buildings etc.

I believe at the bottom end the spec is defined more or less by the minimum tensile strength, easily and cheaply achieved by making it from general scrap and not being too fussy, so the composition is variable and it could be anything from ropey mild steel to hardenable steel. Don't forget they are selling rebar for a specific purpose and to be fit for that purpose, not as mild steel bar to a mild steel spec.

As for projects, it has to depend what they are, bearing in mind that the composition of the steel is variable. Hoops to support tomato plants, trellises, pokers etc, fine. Anything where there's a price to pay if it fails and I'd say not.

 

[Maker]

I think I read somewhere it's a steel - vanadium alloy.

 

[brightspark]

dont bother trying to use it to make things in the lathe. its crap

 

[pedrobedro]

It can be any grade the buyer specifies. Place I worked used to make a lot of it in 416 and 431 magnetic stainless (even though it still rusts)