PVC Survival Gear: How to Make It – Part 5, by J.H.

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PROJECT 5: PVC Survival Staff (Walking Staff, Blow Gun, Frog Gig, Fish Spear, Survival Kit)- continued

Today, we’re continuing to work through the steps of how to make a survival staff, walking staff, blow gun, frog gig, fish spear, and survival kit. It is versatile and can be whatever you choose to make it and used however you need it. We’ve completed the MAIN section and are currently working on the section containing the frog gig tines. So let’s continue with the process.

STEPS:

1. We now want to take this frog gig tines section and connect it to the MAIN section of your staff. But before we do, let’s add the cork. Where the 3” section of 3/4” diameter pipe is attached, there should be a 1” section of free 3/4” diameter pipe at the end. Heat this 1” section fully and insert the cork. Use the cool, damp rag to quickly cool the PVC around the cork. Did you say, “The cork is too big.”? That’s okay; just use a mallet or other hammering tool (don’t overdo it!) to gently tap the cork into the heated PVC pipe. Did you say, “The cork is too small.”? That’s okay also; just squeeze the heated pipe around the cork evenly, until it cools.

   Now, the open end of your “gig” section of pipe will be slid onto the MAIN section of your staff. To do this, you simply have to heat the 3/4” diameter (the 3” of “free” pipe at the end of the section (NOT the end with the cork), and drive it onto the exposed 1/2” diameter section of the MAIN staff. Let me be explicitly clear; this is NOT the end of the MAIN staff that we added the 1/2” section of pipe to in step 3. The 1/2” diameter pipe that IS already part of the MAIN staff. Drive the piece on until it stops and then cool with a rag.

2. We are getting down to the nitty gritty. For that added top portion of 1/2” diameter pipe we included (in step 3), there are a few ways you could “top it off”. One simple way would be to get a 1/2” PVC pipe cap (glue on) and simply fasten it. Another way would be to use a small cut-off of 3/4” diameter pipe and make a cap by heating and squeezing together one end. Or you could fill the top open end of the pipe with a bit of hot glue, which will serve as a waterproof seal instead of putting on a cap. Generally, I like to have the 1/2” end exposed and not capped, in case I decide I want to attach another piece– a “shepherd’s hook attachment, which comes in handy very often out in the wilds. (I made the shepherd’s hook attachment myself and carry it in my pack.) This section of 1/2” diameter pipe we added in step 3 makes a great area to store survival items or fishing items. It is also completely removable.
   
   Source: http://survivalblog.com/pvc-survival-gear-how-to-make-it-part-5-by-j-h/

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