Re-working pry bar

Bob Engelhardt · 2016-07-30T18:05:07+00:00

I just lost a "molding bar" that was a perfect tool. It was shaped exactly right for prying off molding without beating it up. I can't find its exact replacement (they're all too blunt), but I'm wondering if I got one that was close, if I could re-work it to what I want. By re-work, I mean forge: heat to red hot and shape with a hammer. I think they are carbon-steel hard, from my experience using one. Would I have to anneal & re-harden after shaping? I'd rather forge than grind because I'd like it to be wider also. Lowe's has one that looks just like the lost one, but isn't: Thanks, Bob

Re-working pry bar

Jul 30, 2016 43 Replies

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mogulah 10 years ago

I remember hearing some people say that rock and mineral collecting is a big deal in Maine.

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mogulah 10 years ago

I guess not enough for anything business wise - according to pp. 11-13 (pdf) on this govt. survey website: --

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Larry Jaques 9 years ago

Cleaning fingernails, prying nails, opening boxes, opening cans, prying apart fingers from Scotsmen's wallets, splitting wood for traps/fires/lean-tos, popping off dome light covers, opening stuck windows, separating frozen food slices, opening phone cases, opening remote control cases, scraping, saving the tip of your best knife.

Is any one of those worth a buck?

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Larry Jaques 9 years ago

My only mod to it was to sharpen the wedge, as I do on all prybars which I'll be using for close work. 1" belt sanders are the easiest tool for this. Then I have to be careful of the knife edge.

Jewelcome.

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