Siberian fly swatter. Drawing, description

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Every warm season - from spring to autumn, throughout the entire foreseeable history of human existence, various harmful insects pester him, and the stronger, the closer to nature he is. And the most common of them, of course, are mosquitoes and flies. Man fought against them always and everywhere, but so far he has not been able to win a complete victory. But it is known that even one mosquito can keep you awake all night, and an annoying fly interferes with work so much that it can lead you out of balance. Therefore, a "weapon" against them (for example, an ordinary fly swatter) should always be ready and at hand.

However, commercially available fly swatters, even with a careful blow, flatten the insect so that only a wet place remains from it, but unfortunately it is poorly or not washed at all. So you have to wait until a fly or a mosquito sits on a place where you can kill an insect without undesirable consequences, and sometimes the hunt drags on for a long time.

So I had to invent my own fly swatter.

Siberian fly swatter (click to enlarge): 1 - striker (from the shaft of an old felt boot), 2 - seam (severe thread); 3 - handle shell (PVC tube); 4 - handle rod (aluminum wire Ø8)

The shape and design of the fly swatter is traditional: the striker is in the form of a spatula attached to a rather long, thin handle. But there are in this weapon against insects and "proprietary" features. The handle consists of a rod made of thick aluminum wire and a sheath put on it - a PVC tube. If necessary, the handle can also be bent to act as a "weapon" from around a corner or in a hard-to-reach (for a fly swatter with a straight handle) place.

The free end of the handle shaft is bent into a ring so that the fly swatter can be hung for storage on a hook or just a nail in the wall. But the main brand secret is in the material of the striker.

Probably, many people remember how in childhood they sometimes managed to catch soap bubbles with their hands, dressed in woolen mittens. This led to the idea to make a striker from a similar material, only denser and heavier.

And I picked up such material - a bootleg from an old Siberian felt boot. In the warmer regions of Russia, felt boots, even old ones, are more difficult to find. Then you can use a dense thick woolen insole for the striker.

To attach the striker to the handle, I cut a 20-mm groove in the shell the width of the striker, and at the end of the rod I ground a flat and drilled two diametrical holes perpendicular to it in the rod and the shell. Through these holes, the striker was sewn to the handle with harsh threads.

Having tested the weapon in action, I was convinced that it strikes insects (both flies and mosquitoes) on the spot and without traces - even on smooth glass, and without excessive noise-pop, characteristic of an ordinary fly swatter with a rubber or plastic "warhead".

Author: A.Matvejchuk

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