Posted by MoparNorm on Saturday, July 15, 2006 at 10:56AM :
In Reply to: In a pinch, probably. But I'd rather not risk it posted by David Sherman on Friday, July 14, 2006 at 9:24PM :
"the worst steel available is usually re-bar"
The weakest re-bar is a whopping Grade 40. In CA and in most Building Codes since 2001, re-bar is required to be Grade 60. Re-bar has specific, purpose designed "weaknesses", but hardness is not one of them.
MN
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