Printbed-friendly Pry Bar

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This is a small pry bar for getting stubborn parts off the print bed. The hope is that the rounded fulcrum will ding my bed less than a sharp angled one would. Works best on parts with some kind of chamfer or lip at the bottom. I have a PEI bed, and print a lot of wide flat parts that can be a pain to get off. To avoid that first "sharp" layer from hotter/low printed first layers, I usually add a chamfer to the base of my designs. This pry bar gets under that chamfer and helps pop prints off. Printed in PETG, 40% infill. I used 3 perimeter layers for extra strength in the tip. Printing with a smaller extrusion width will give you a sharper tip.