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Burn Barrel Grate

Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

Since building my own welder, I’ve had many opportunities to save money and be resourceful by using it.  Today is no exception.  I went to my local D.I.Y. supplier, and purchased for $10 a twenty foot piece of 5/8 rebar.  It was difficult to bend, so I enlisted the help of my log splitter to bend the curved sections.  Many blacksmiths would pooh-pooh the use of this metal. (more…)