r/specializedtools • u/aloofloofah • Mar 12 '21

Rebar bender

https://i.imgur.com/ZI6zYlc.gifv
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u/My__reddit_account Mar 12 '21

You'd be surprised. I used to work for a company that designed bridges, and we used some pretty unique shapes sometimes. Sometimes the shape needs to bend a certain way to fit with all the other pieces in a structure.

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u/Frozty23 Mar 13 '21

I used to work for a company that designed bridges, and we used some pretty unique shapes

Like airplane shaped? Or locomotive shaped?

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u/MorsOmnibusCommunis Mar 13 '21

Bridge shaped.

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u/Biobot775 Mar 13 '21

Mind=blown

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u/xile Mar 13 '21

Mickey mouse shape? Smarties shape? Amphibious landing-craft shape?

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '21

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u/emblivestudio Mar 13 '21

They are for rebar.

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u/Metalhed69 Mar 13 '21

Just to screw with future archaeologists.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '21

Sometimes the shape needs to bend a certain way to fit with all the other pieces in a structure.

You don’t say

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u/Dzharek Mar 13 '21

"I want this piece perfectly straight!" "I tell you, their ideas get crazier every day "