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I wanted to try the jaw jacker but with Christmas coming up and three kids to pay for I didn't want to spend the $50. I ended up making one out of scrap in my garage and about $6 worth of supplies from Home Depot. I can't take credit for the idea as I have seen a few other people do something similar on the interwebs.
Step 1:
Cut some 1 1/2" PVC at a 38 degree angle. 38° may seem arbitrary but I played around with a few different angles and this is the one I liked the most.
Step 2:
Cut a 2x6 piece of scrap wood to the ideal length for the rod I'm going to use.
Step 3 :
Screw the PVC onto the wood board and put an eye screw near the end of the board. Here's a picture of the eye screw.
Step 4:
I made the trigger mechanism out of some stiff wire I had. I actually used one of those flags that are meant to mark sprinklers and cut the wire to length and bent it into a shape. This is the tricky part and you kind of have to play around until you figure out what works for you but I started with this general shape and had to make some adjustments.
Step 5:
I bought a wire lock pin. This was about $3 and I drilled a hole near the bottom of my PVC so it wouldn't get in the way and I use this to lock the rod in place so a fish can't steal it from me.
Here is the finished product
Step 1:
Cut some 1 1/2" PVC at a 38 degree angle. 38° may seem arbitrary but I played around with a few different angles and this is the one I liked the most.
Step 2:
Cut a 2x6 piece of scrap wood to the ideal length for the rod I'm going to use.
Step 3 :
Screw the PVC onto the wood board and put an eye screw near the end of the board. Here's a picture of the eye screw.
Step 4:
I made the trigger mechanism out of some stiff wire I had. I actually used one of those flags that are meant to mark sprinklers and cut the wire to length and bent it into a shape. This is the tricky part and you kind of have to play around until you figure out what works for you but I started with this general shape and had to make some adjustments.
Step 5:
I bought a wire lock pin. This was about $3 and I drilled a hole near the bottom of my PVC so it wouldn't get in the way and I use this to lock the rod in place so a fish can't steal it from me.
Here is the finished product