Mini Pry Bar for Stuck Edges and Gaps

A mini pry bar for the gap that is too tight for a fingernail and too shallow for a real crowbar — nothing gets under the edge, so the lid stays shut, the panel stays seated, the trim stays put. It is a flat 4.5 in bar, 2/5 in wide, with a chisel-bevel straight end to start the lift and a 165° claw hook at the other end to catch and hold what you have opened.

What it does at each end

• Chisel-bevel straight end: taps into a seam and starts the gap.
• 165° hook: wraps the edge you have lifted so it does not drop back.
• Slanted claw tip: cut at a 35° slant like a crowbar claw, so it bites instead of skating off.
• Full-width hook: the hook stays 2/5 in (10.16 mm) wide from the handle to the tip, so it catches the full edge instead of narrowing away.

Sizes that decide fit

• Bar length: 4.5 in (114.3 mm), with the hook adding to the overall footprint
• Overall width at the handle: 2/5 in (10.16 mm)
• Bar thickness: 6 mm at the handle, thinning to about 2 mm at the hook tip
• Hook curl: 165° around a 14 mm centerline radius — check this against the edge you want it to wrap
• Printed footprint: about 130 × 10 × 32 mm, lying flat

Printing

One piece, straight off the plate — the bar and the curve share solid material at the joint, so there is no slip fit, no glue, no assembly. Lay it flat as it comes and print; the flat bar and the curl sit on the plate without supports. Check the curl radius and the 2/5 in width before you start; those two decide whether the hook wraps your edge or rattles around it. Look over the joint between the bar and the hook in the preview first, since that is where the two shapes meet.