TiBar

"Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world." - Archimedes

Levers are very useful simple machines. They provide mechanical advantage, allowing us to exert more force with less effort.

This advantage arises from the principle of torque, which states that the output torque (or output rotational force) produced by a lever is equal to the user's applied force multiplied by the distance from the fulcrum (pivot point).

Whether you are looking to open a can of paint or remove a nail, often times, we cannot get a firm grip and therefore resort to using a pry bar.

This pry bar features:

• 4.5" overall length to extend the distance between the user's applied force and the fulcrum on which the pry bar pivots

• 0.3" thickness to increase the pry bar's moment of inertia (resistance to rotation)

• 0.02" thick tip to access tight spaces and narrow gaps more easily

This project was modeled and assembled via SolidWorks. All animations were created through SolidWorks Motion Study.