Making a "flyprod"

Posted by Tanos on Wed 1 Jul 09, 9:36 PM

Tags: gear

Electric fly swatter bats have been around for a few years, and they're a tempting toy for BDSM use. When I first got one, I did wonder about adapting one to be a bit more like a cattle prod, and I've finally got round to it, with all the components from Maplins or B&Q.

(If you're thinking about making or using one yourself, you need to understand the risks as they apply to you. You may get tiny electrical burns; high voltage toys can damage electronics, including pacemakers, etc. If in doubt, ask your doctor if it's safe for YOU to "use a fly swatter.")

Last month the TAZapper thread on IC was brought back to life, including MarcusStrapp's instructions for modifying a fly swatter to look more like some kind of Tazer. He adapted a two-prong European style mains plug for this, which was a very clever observation as it looks just right. This prompted me to start thinking about cattle-prod like adaptations, with the business end on a long metal shaft. (This has obvious uses for "moving" slaves around woods )

I realised I could use a two-part mains flex connector instead, as these have a nice round pair of pins inside too, but could also be used to join the shaft onto the power unit. So I needed the handle of the original blue fly swatter that contains the electronics, some power cable, some aluminium tubing and two flex connectors.

The first step was to remove the blue bat part of the swatter, and cut back the end of the handle / power unit to take the black insert from a flex connector. The bolt hole that holds the connector together easily lined up with the bolt hole that held the bat in place on the swatter. I didn't need to solder the two wires from the power unit, as the flex connector insert is designed to take two mains wires already. When the body of the power unit was closed up again, I had something that looked rather like a thin self-defence Tazer.

The next part was to make the extension shaft. I cut some 10mm diameter aluminium tubing down to about 50cm, and threaded some mains cable through it. I then put one half of another flex connector on each end, wired in to the cable and using the strain relief clamps inside the connector body to hold the tubing securely.

Because the male connector now on the end of the power unit matches the female connector on the end of the extension, you have the option of whether to put the extension on and have some thing more like a cattle prod. A sort of "flyprod"!

Edited Thu 2 Jul 09, 2:09 PM by Tanos