[TowerTalk] What rebar is made is

[Rick Karlquist]

Answer:  guns :-)

All the recent discussion on rebar came to mind yesterday while
I was watching a show on the History Channel about what happens
to guns confiscated by the police.  It turns out that the LA police
take seized guns no longer needed for legal purposes and send
them by the truckload to a nearby foundry.  There they go into
an arc furnace where they are melted down, and after a series of
steps explained on the TV show, eventually emerge as REBAR.
The TV show has the foundry owner proudly listing some of the
famous structures that are rebarred courtesy of his foundry,
and the LA police.  I guess the specification on rebar must
go something like:  mostly iron, with some other stuff.  Kind of
like sausage; don't ask too many questions.

Rick N6RK