[TheForge] Re: Prybar question

Tue Mar 2 13:13:00 2004

You will want to make something that looks "blacksmithed",  but I used 
something like this  to pull floor boards up  from an old house, and to pull 
the wood board "slats" off a wooden corn crib. 

IT was Simple, ugly, and it worked great. The basics of mine were a 4 foot 
length of  2 inch pipe with a strap iron steel foot, made from 3/8ths inch 
by 1 inch / perhaps 14 inches long that was bent in a U , around and welded 
to the pipe .. so that it had about 5 inches of "fingers" to straddle the 
pipe.    I know that inch and a half spread between the fingers would work 
for today's era of "2 by 4", but on remodel / demolition, I find a lot of  
real full sized "2 by 4 "  After using it a while, I welded a curved "shoe" 
on the bottom of the pipe, so not to mar up the stringer  "2 x 6" .. 

Dann Johnson 

Andy Vida writes: 

>  
> 
> Barking Crow wrote:
>> 
>> A friend dropped off a two pronged commercial wrecking bar and a list of
>> modifications he'd like made to it, or rather modifications he'd like
>> incorporated into two more he wants me to make.  I expect to be paid in
>> lunches so I'd like the project to come out well.  The two prongs that are 3
>> 1/2" apart and designed to go down between deck boards and pry them up
>> efficiently are made of 1/4 plate on edge that tapers down to 3/16 at the
>> point, and then back up to 1 1/4" wide at the curve which is 4" back from
>> the tip and designed to roll back and lift the tip and the decking caught
>> above it, up.  My question is whether or not I need to use some steel other
>> than mild 1/4 plate like I have lots of lying around?  Will the mild steel
>> hold up to the pressure of prying wood loose from ring shank nails and
>> whatever other torture can be dreamed up for a job site prybar. 
>> 
>> Any advice will be appreciated.
> 
> 	For the few extra pennies it will cost to put a piece of
> 	tool steel in its place, I would not use mild. 
> 
> 	Not sure what you mean by "deck boards". What kind of deck?
> 	Marine?  Backyard?  Something else?  Anyhow, if it's even
> 	only 3/4" held down by ring nails, such a tool will see some
> 	pretty serious abuse.  Mild steel doesn't sound like it will
> 	cut the mustard in the long run.  At all.  Think if it's 6/4"
> 	held in by ringers.  That can take some pretty serious prying,
> 	especially if everything is pressure treated and hard as rock. 
> 
> 	The usual plugged kopek's worth. 
> 
> 	-andy
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