The trick is to use two tools together: locking pliers to grab the nail shank, and a pry bar to do the pulling. I had to dig ...

A pry bar is one of those tools that shouldn't ... For example, hammers and rubber mallets are both weighted tools used to nail something into place, from picture hooks to floorboards.

If the response to our article on the Tiruler is anything to go by, there's a lot of interest in folding-ruler multitools.