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A crowbar with a curved chisel end to provide a fulcrum for leverage and a goose neck to pull nails. A crowbar, also called a wrecking bar, pry bar or prybar, pinch-bar, or occasionally a prise bar or prisebar, colloquially gooseneck, or pig bar, or in Australia a jemmy, [1] is a lever consisting of a metal bar with a single curved end and flattened points, used to force two objects apart or ...
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Typically, each end has a different shape so as to provide two different tool functions in one tool. Common end shapes include: Blunt — a broad, blunt surface for tamping. Point — for breaking hard materials and prying. Wedge — an unsharpened blade for digging, breaking and prying. A San Angelo bar has a wedge at one end.
And the crowbar article seems to conflate two different tools. A Pry bar doesn't have the U-shaped hooked end. 70.29.208.247 20:41, 27 April 2010 (UTC) To me here in England (e.g. when I was in the IWPS) the long straight tool is a 'crowbar' and the shorter U-curved tool is a 'jemmy' or 'packing
A crowbar is a tool with a curved end used for prying objects apart. Crowbar may also refer to: Digging bar , called a crowbar in the UK and Australia, a straight metal bar used for post hole digging or for leverage
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The FDNY now issues a modified Halligan Tool called the "PRO-BAR," manufactured by Fire Hooks Unlimited, for use as the primary forcible entry tool." [ 5 ] — New York City Fire Museum Despite its popularity among FDNY ladder companies, the department initially refrained from purchasing the tool to avoid the appearance of a conflict of ...
A digital illustration depicting a tree in autumn, drawn using Facebook's "graffiti" app. Digital illustration or computer illustration is the use of digital tools to produce images under the direct manipulation of the artist, usually through a pointing device such as a graphics tablet or, less commonly, a mouse.