Re-bar Wrapped around axle

[5030]

Hard to imagine a circular saw getting into the tines deep enough to reach a tightly wound rebar.

I agree with that observation. Wiggling a spinning angle grinder in amongst tines could be an exercise in getting hurt.

I would use a gas axe or a plasma cutter to remove it. Quick and painless.

I sometimes scratch my head at people's suggestions or if people have actually performed that particular operation or are just postulating....:laughing:

 

[JB4310]

I wrapped an old rotting groundhog around a rototiller. The dog had buried it; I found it. Not physically hard to cut, except for the tears in my eyes and the occasional gag. :licking:

I'd rather deal with the rebar than the Woodchuck :laughing:

JB

 

[5030]

I'd rather deal with the rebar than the Woodchuck :laughing:

JB

That's funny.

I believe I'd just set the depth control as deep as she'd go and 'till the carcass' into the soil. She might bump around a bit until decemated but at some point, the carcass would be.........dirt.:laughing:

 

[Short Game]

How much up-chuck could a woodchuck chuck?

 

[jenkinsph]

How much up-chuck could a woodchuck chuck?

Don't know but I bet I could out up chuck it getting it off the tiller. I would leave it and keep tilling.

 

[mjw357]

I I sometimes scratch my head at people's suggestions or if people have actually performed that particular operation or are just postulating....:laughing:

I think most are suggesting something most households are likely to own. Not everyone owns gas cutting torches or plasma cutters.

 

[BXpanded]

If the OP doesn't have a grinder, it's a pretty safe bet that he doesn't have a torch or a plasma cutter. The recip saw will take maybe 10 minutes, the grinder maybe 5. Neither is particularly hazardous even for a novice, if you don't remove the safety shield from the grinder. Since the OP said he owns a recip saw, he probably has some experience with using it. Pay $3 for a good metal cutting blade and go at it.

He's probably finished already in the time it took me to type this.:laughing:

 

[pat32rf]

Since I found some good metal cutting discs for my small grinder my Sawzall only gets used for wood. I even bought a second grinder that stays set-up with a cutting disc...for those jobs that are too far away to reach with the plasma...

 

[Short Game]

I have to say that I consider .045" cutoff wheels to be "consumables." That said, I often find uses for the recipro saw. Access is usually the issue.

 

[5030]

Gimme the blue point tool anyday. Besides, you can't light your cigarette (after you are done) with an angle grinder or recip saw... or a Plasma. but you sure can with the Blue Point tool.......