cool pry bar i found on kickstarter..

[kctyphoon]

im thinking about trying to buy one for my truck at work.. this is the first time ive been on this site, and it seems like great way to get some cool stuff really cheap before mass production, AND maybe help some people out in the process.. it takes a little digging around, but some stuff is really cool.. there was a sucessfully funded usb adaper for the dewalt 18v stick packs that you could have bought for $13 while it was being funded, but it now $27 on amazon.. it's called "powerisite" i think.. anyway - check out this pry bar, and i find anything else that looks good maybe ill post them in here too..

EDIT - so yes, you only get the items if the projects are fully funded before the deadline, and if not your money gets returned... so you cant just "buy" anything..

https://www.kickstarter.com/project...ipper-staple-and-nail-extractor?ref=discovery


heres the dewalt 18v usb adapter thats on amazon now..
PoweriSite USB Charger for DeWalt Batteries https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MBU8Z0Y/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[Kracin]

im thinking about trying to buy one for my truck at work.. this is the first time ive been on this site, and it seems like great way to get some cool stuff really cheap before mass production, AND maybe help some people out in the process.. it takes a little digging around, but some stuff is really cool.. there was a sucessfully funded usb adaper for the dewalt 18v stick packs that you could have bought for $13 while it was being funded, but it now $27 on amazon.. it's called "powerisite" i think.. anyway - check out this pry bar, and i find anything else that looks good maybe ill post them in here too..

i assume you only get the items if the projects are fully funded before the deadline, and if not your money gets returned??

https://www.kickstarter.com/project...ipper-staple-and-nail-extractor?ref=discovery


heres the dewalt 18v usb adapter thats on amazon now..
PoweriSite USB Charger for DeWalt Batteries https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MBU8Z0Y/?tag=atomicindus08-20

some are good some are weird.

saw a cooler on there a while ago... had a built in blender, radio, and outlets among other things... lol

 

[skruft]

The pry bar makes some sense for flooring people, as it is a bother to pry staples out of hardwood floors that have been covered with a pad and carpet. I do not think it would work for staples that have been shot all the way into the floor, as many are.

 

[sac02]

I've never funded a Kickstarter. I've always wondered:

I know that if you pledge $ and the project doesn't get fully funded (doesn't reach its goal), you get your $ back.

But what if the project does reach its goal, and you pay your money - but then halfway through the first production run, "something" happens? Significant unforeseen cost, factory/shed that is producing the widgets burnt down, the creator dies (or runs off to Mexico), whatever. Something that makes it unreasonable/impossible to complete the project and deliver parts to pre-paid customers (the contributors), but a significant amount (or all) of the money has been spent - what then?

Does Kickstarter insure against that in some way? Or is that a risk that the contributor must consider and accept when making the initial donation?

 

[dutchgray]

For the low cost of backing this one, I have, if they get made its all well and good, if not I can always make my own.

 

[bluebolt]

Don't know if I will fund it or not but it's a simple idea that looks great in my opinion.

 

[McFarmer]

I have always had good luck with Kickstarter. Never been disappointed.

You don't get charged until the project is fully funded, all the projects I have funded came through with their promises.

 

[Vantastic]

I'd try one if the become available for sale.

 

[wild cowboy]

just take a vaughn and your grinder and you will have one in 60 seconds!

 

[maxwage]

I think Kickstarter and the whole crowd funding movement is cool, so I'm not just being negative here, but...

Am I the only one that see's this as only a slight improvement any guy with a grinder / Dremel etc could make with a Wonder Bar?

Green is my favorite color and the name is cool, but otherwise, not really anything 'super' improved or inventive. The Dewalt USB battery adapter, now that's a product I'd buy.

And my cat's paw works perfectly for sub floor / carpet under layment staples.

 

[Zrexxer]

How long do they typically have to raise the money? The prybar one has only 38 days to go and only has 13% of their required $50,000. Seems like getting another $43,500 in less than two months is kind of a vain hope.

 

[McFarmer]

I honestly look at it as my charitable donation.

Reward somebody who is going out on a limb and trying to do something with their time and talents, maybe start a company and employ some folks.

One clothing company I supported a couple years ago is doing just that. Their clothes are too costly for me to buy, but they are now a going concern, USA made high end clothes.

 

[rslaback]

But what if the project does reach its goal, and you pay your money - but then halfway through the first production run, "something" happens? Significant unforeseen cost, factory/shed that is producing the widgets burnt down, the creator dies (or runs off to Mexico), whatever. Something that makes it unreasonable/impossible to complete the project and deliver parts to pre-paid customers (the contributors), but a significant amount (or all) of the money has been spent - what then?

Does Kickstarter insure against that in some way? Or is that a risk that the contributor must consider and accept when making the initial donation?

If that happens you are out your money. A lot of people look at Kickstarter as a shopping mall for not yet made products. It really isn't that. It is more like a mini investment firm. You very well could lose everything with each of your backings. Kickstarter requires that the proprietor do their best to make good on the promises to their backers but once the project is funded, they are out. They make absolutely no guarantees of any kind that you actually get what you think you do or what you were promised.

 

[Mohawk Dave]

just take a vaughn and your grinder and you will have one in 60 seconds!

lol. that's what I was thinking when I read...."Then, about 5 years ago, Jason had an idea. He was looking at his standard 15 inch pry bar, which has a single v-groove that is only good for removing nails. He thought, what if I cut two more v-grooves into the end of the pry bar so it slips easily into a staple? He tried it, and it worked great!"

I like to support the little guy, but I have to be wise with my money as well. Staples are a bish!

 

[DennisH2014]

The pry bar makes some sense for flooring people, as it is a bother to pry staples out of hardwood floors that have been covered with a pad and carpet. I do not think it would work for staples that have been shot all the way into the floor, as many are.

A floor scraper would probably be more useful, and much quicker. I guess this thing could be useful for the stubborn staples, but even for that I'd rather just make my own, or use a readily available claw bar.

 

[fast one]

Kctyphoon,

Have you tried using any of the staple pullers that the lineman sites have on them? . Getting the barbed staples out of CCA poles is a pain. I just use a screw driver and hammer. I have tried the tools they sell on the lineman supply sites and they are nice for penta poles. But they are one more tool you have to have around.

 

[kctyphoon]

Kctyphoon,

Have you tried using any of the staple pullers that the lineman sites have on them? . Getting the barbed staples out of CCA poles is a pain. I just use a screw driver and hammer. I have tried the tools they sell on the lineman supply sites and they are nice for penta poles. But they are one more tool you have to have around.

the only thing i really use is a small hand held pry bar from GMP. they call it an anchor extractor. the agressive curve gives alot of leverage, and if the short round handle isnt long enough, it will fit inside the head of the line hammers we use, and that will more than double the handle length for something stubborn. if i cant pull it out with that usually it just gets pounded into the poll and left. anything small enough just gets pulled out with the lineman pliers, using the cutters to grab and then leveraging againts the tip of the jaw.


i would make this project the first one i funded, but given the time it seems pretty hopeless.. i dont know how long they give you to try and drum up the money - that was the first time i was on there, and havent been back till today. for the $25 it woulda cost me ($16 was the small one), id rather give the money to someone who has more drive then myself to persue their ideas then buy another prybar and make it myself.. in this guys case, i think too many people are just gonna see his page and go make their own for $20 instead of pledging.
he should try and persue having his idea liscensed and letting someone else manufacture it. but thats just my 2 cents..

 

[justme-]

The site is great for the little guy but the problem I've found is every tom, ****, and Harry has an idea to make a "better" mousetrap, problem is Tom's idea of "better" is different from ****'s idea of "Better", which is different from mine. This prybar is a joke - nothing I'd pay for unless it was on the shelf next to the other normal prybars and the same price when I happened to need one and did a lot of staple removal. Hard to think of at this moment, but in all my life with many years of remodeling under my belt I've never had the thought about a better tool for staple removal or though about doing that to a perfectly good prybar. See, His idea of "better" and mine don't mix... and there's thousands of "better" ideas (and thousands more people wanting to do something and trying to find buyers for their thing - book, music album, expansion to their cafe, differently colored deck of playing cards, etc)

Far be it for me to say what's "better" for you, so if this bar works for you enjoy.
I'm waiting for the Space Adventure computer game to finish (into year 2) from the guys who did the Space Quest series back in the early computer games era. they got overfunded in Kickstarter (as did a new leisure suit Larry game)

 

[kctyphoon]

The site is great for the little guy but the problem I've found is every tom, ****, and Harry has an idea to make a "better" mousetrap, problem is Tom's idea of "better" is different from ****'s idea of "Better", which is different from mine. This prybar is a joke - nothing I'd pay for unless it was on the shelf next to the other normal prybars and the same price when I happened to need one and did a lot of staple removal. Hard to think of at this moment, but in all my life with many years of remodeling under my belt I've never had the thought about a better tool for staple removal or though about doing that to a perfectly good prybar. See, His idea of "better" and mine don't mix... and there's thousands of "better" ideas (and thousands more people wanting to do something and trying to find buyers for their thing - book, music album, expansion to their cafe, differently colored deck of playing cards, etc)

Far be it for me to say what's "better" for you, so if this bar works for you enjoy.
I'm waiting for the Space Adventure computer game to finish (into year 2) from the guys who did the Space Quest series back in the early computer games era. they got overfunded in Kickstarter (as did a new leisure suit Larry game)

its a specialized tool - not for eyeryone.. if your day to day job involved having to constantly remove staples from old carpet padding - you would see the value of something like this..

 

[ADSR]

looks like a wonderbar with teeth.

 

[ibedayank]

till the staple breaks and you end up using the end cutters anyway

 

[Syntax_Error]

Stiletto already makes a fantastic staple remover on their titanium pry bars

 

[justme-]

its a specialized tool - not for eyeryone.. if your day to day job involved having to constantly remove staples from old carpet padding - you would see the value of something like this..

With over 20 years of working with construction tools in some form or another and over 15 years doing it in some form or another as a "professional", I've pulled my share of staples and carpet pads. Never thought of doing this to a prybar or looked for one like it. Especially carpet pads seem to pull a lot of them out with it and dykes, the edge of a hammer claw, or one of my "shark grip" style cats paws have always worked just fine.
But as I said, what's "better" to one person is not necessarily "better" to another.