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    No mortar?

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    A small stagger in height of the rebars would have sped this up - only one bar at a time would enter the block.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rgsparber View Post
    A small stagger in height of the rebars would have sped this up - only one bar at a time would enter the block.
    Yes and adding a slight bevel to the ends would have forced alignment without the need to tap them in place
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    A thin removable template would make things simple.

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    No mortar?
    I'm guessing some pourable cement will be added to the holes.



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