They appear to be far beyond salvage, but with the proper application of elbow grease and penetrating lubricants, even a nasty old seized-up rebar cutter can live again. We honestly almost passed ...

This heats the wire, which can then be pulled beneath the surface of the plastic. [Matthias] likens it to using rebar in concrete. His implementation could be improved just a bit. Getting the wire ...

You don’t want the rebar to move when the electric charge is flowing into the water. Cut plastic-coated copper wire long enough to connect both pieces of rebar and wrap around the top.