Related: to all who know one whit about cast-in-place concrete construction, esp. in a hurricane zone… gander at aftermath pics of the big quake in Haiti, the crumbled beams, the sheared columns… and tell me where the RE-BAR is…?? I know USAID, UN, et al *sent* Duh Rebar, way back when… what became of it? D’OH!
Comment by DGAF in Miami — December 10, 2013 @ 4:41 am
Hah, sounds like Turkish construction habits, as shown in their last earthquake again.
Though I must admit it always boggled my mind why pretty much every exploded “house” I see in ´merican Tornado aftermath pics/vids is basically a plywood hovel concealed as an actual brick or proper wood house.
Oh and for us anti-handymen, a quick and dirty overview of what the fuck I´m looking at in those pics above?
Bit of Utubbing already thought me I´m probably looking at an arc-welder.
Jury-rigged?… or resourceful?… you decide, lol.
Related: to all who know one whit about cast-in-place concrete construction, esp. in a hurricane zone… gander at aftermath pics of the big quake in Haiti, the crumbled beams, the sheared columns… and tell me where the RE-BAR is…?? I know USAID, UN, et al *sent* Duh Rebar, way back when… what became of it? D’OH!
Comment by DGAF in Miami — December 10, 2013 @ 4:41 am
Hah, sounds like Turkish construction habits, as shown in their last earthquake again.
Though I must admit it always boggled my mind why pretty much every exploded “house” I see in ´merican Tornado aftermath pics/vids is basically a plywood hovel concealed as an actual brick or proper wood house.
Oh and for us anti-handymen, a quick and dirty overview of what the fuck I´m looking at in those pics above?
Bit of Utubbing already thought me I´m probably looking at an arc-welder.
Comment by hans — December 10, 2013 @ 4:21 pm
Simple arc welder, or high-AMP step-down transformer.
Fairly easy to nigger-rig, just gotta get a peak of 50v, load of about 30v and a lot of amps.
Two car batteries in par with the genny in my FFR landy do the trick just fine too.
Comment by Digger Nick — December 10, 2013 @ 11:34 pm