[TheForge] Prybar question

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

Barking Crow:
I used one out of 1/4" A36(?) that was somewhat workhardened and it did 
OK mostly..but ended up making a hinged version that kept the lifting 
legs parallel to the board and the foot flat on the  joist that worked 
much better and did less damage.....Pete F

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.
>
>Jeff Valentine in Tallahassee where it is scheduled to go to 78 degrees
>today and I'm already getting nervous about summer's approach
>
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