How Do You Use A Rebar Bender?
Rebar is essential to modern construction. It is literally the skeletal system of our concrete world. These carbon steel bars provide concrete with its incredible flexibility and durability. Preparing rebar is a matter of human dexterity meeting the brute force of a rebar bending machine. The majority of rebar machines employ a rotating hydraulic piston that can bend rebar of various sizes well past 130 degrees. The key to using a rebar bender is timing and practice. Select the angle of your bend. There should be a selector knob on the side of the machine allowing you to set the angle of the bend. Place your rebar into the the bending channel. For most rebar benders, this is the protruding slot in the center of the machine. Notice the placement of your hands. Do not close your grip on either end of the rebar. Instead, hold it in place with a C-shaped hand, keeping your fingers pressed tightly together. This allows you to quickly disengage your hand from the rebar should something run a
