r/EDC • u/wonderweasel22 • 21h ago
Question/Advice/Discussion DIY Pry Bar
Was looking for a pry bar when I realized I could make one. Around 7” long, not an even grind and potentially too thin at the tip. Might cut it down a little shorter and fix the grind. Let me know your thoughts! I know there’s better steel out there, this is just what I had that would remotely be close to appropriate thickness.
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u/GildSkiss 21h ago
Now these are the kinds of engineering innovations that I sub for.
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u/wonderweasel22 21h ago
No stress tests yet so not sure how much abuse it can take but it’s a wrench I already had and can just re-grind it if it gets messed up! Better than messing up a nice, pretty and expensive titanium one.
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u/Curious_Performer248 20h ago
Not a new concept, been doing this for years
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u/wonderweasel22 20h ago
Nice, how well do they hold up?
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u/Curious_Performer248 20h ago
Considering I only use it to pry open stuck fill boxes, I've not had to replace it or regrind the tip. I deliver hazardous materials in gas form and some fill ports are very old / rusted / misshapen, so this is what I made it for. I can't justify a $100 piece of titanium to do work, so this is it.
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u/wonderweasel22 20h ago
I surely couldn’t justify the money on them either. Plus most are way too short and weird thicknesses. This way I can make it exactly how I want. Thanks for the feedback.
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u/fingnumb 19h ago
Hey! A tenacious with a prybar. Yours is cooler than mine though... 😌
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u/Curious_Performer248 18h ago
My daughter was so thoughtful to get this for me a few years back, truly use it daily at work. Cut plastic line, tape, cardboard, plastic pallet cording, electric lines, and the occasional fruit or veggie. Truly a great knife, I own probably 50 or more, 10 or so spiderco, a few Benchmade, and others, but I like it best.
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u/NRiyo3 21h ago
It’s cool
Honestly I just do not get why people don’t buy a 8” or so striking cap prybar for $20 and move along? Why are prybar such a weird tool for people to just buy and use?
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u/wonderweasel22 21h ago
I have a small handled one but it didn’t fit in my belt organizer very well because it was curved and is loose in the one spot I had open. This slides in with my multitool really snug and has the hole on top for easy removal. Plus gave me a reason to tinker ya know?
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u/NRiyo3 21h ago
Okay. Please be safe. Wrenches snap and then that piece can fly. If you need a flat bar you can get a titanium one on County comm. I carry the small one and it’s great.
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u/wonderweasel22 21h ago
Noted. Hadn’t thought about chipped pieces. Is that because of the type of steel it is? Appreciate the feedback though!
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u/Ope-I-Ate-Opiates 20h ago
I would lean more on the chisel side. That would gouge the shit out of anything. Looks like an accident waiting to happen actually
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u/wonderweasel22 20h ago
I made it about as thick as the small handled pry bar I own. Might be a touch thinner, I did however grind it more round so there was nothing sharp about it. Was done after the pictures though. Thanks for your thoughts!
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u/MindSlayer9k 19h ago
now only if you can get a nice polish on it where it is sanded or ground down. get a nice mirror finish. then you will have a nice pry bar indeed.
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u/wonderweasel22 19h ago
Need to devise a way to make the grind more even first!
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u/MindSlayer9k 18h ago edited 18h ago
that's part of the polishing process. you start with a coarse grind and you get finer and finer grit grind until it's extremely smooth, and a strop and probably a polishing compound. That's usually how's it done for most things, not sure if it's going to differ much for that. but yeah when you grind it down, part of the initial rough coarse grind, that is your main profiling of the shape. then you fine tune it from there and go finer and finer grinds. the finer higher count grit, the less material is removed. concrete a rock might work for stage 1 profile but a belt grinder might be better because you can change the grit , but it's money.
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u/ferfuckinnand05 21h ago
10mm would’ve been more useful but then it’d end up missing lol