Fokin's flat cutter is a convenient tool for giving
Modern and high-quality summer cottage inventory allows us to optimize work as much as possible, reduce the time spent on processing plots, and improve the convenience of our own work. Therefore, today we decided to study a practical and popular tool for a summer resident is the Fokin flat cutter.
Saving on summer cottage tools and special inventory leads to a decrease in the quality of work, and therefore we believe that if there is the slightest opportunity to buy a really practical tool, then this must be done. We have used Fokin's flat cutter many times at our own dachas, and therefore today decided to tell a little about the advantages of this equipment. Let's hope that information from the site will be useful to you!
What is Fokin's plane cutter
This is an unusual and really practical gardening tool that helps summer residents to perform more than two dozen different actions on the site with high quality. The main work of the flat cutter is loosening and weeding the soil, cutting or pulling out weeds.
The scheme of work of the plane cutter is very simple, but at the same time, correct and practical - the blade of the tool runs parallel to the top layer of the soil, at a depth of several centimeters. Thus, this effect does not destroy the structure of the soil and minimally disturbs the beneficial inhabitants of the living world. In addition, such movements save the strength of the summer resident when working.
We would like to declare that Fokin's plane cutter is not a panacea for difficult work, but just auxiliary equipment that can only facilitate some tasks in the country. In other cases, as usual, it is much more expedient to use a shovel, hoe and other equipment.
Fokin's manual plane cutter is a curved metal plate with several cutting surfaces, each sharpened and located at a different angle. Thus, the flat cutter is a practical tool for the garden and vegetable garden that can be used to work in several directions.
It is worth noting that each side of the plane cutter that involves sharpening must be sharpened in time, otherwise the tool will not work as efficiently.
If you forget about sharpening the edge elements of the inventory, then this can lead to difficulties in work, as well as "retraining" of the plane cutter, which will now not cut, but pull out or simply crush the weeds.
Types of flat cutters
At the moment, there are several types of tools that can be purchased by summer residents to optimize horticultural and horticultural activities.
These are the large and small Fokin flat cutters, the Flat cutter Big and small, as well as the inventory with the name Mighty and Strong. It is most correct to acquire two types of flat cutters at once, large and small, with the help of which it will be possible to gently weed the beds, thin out dense shoots, loosen the soil, form and huddle the beds, mow the grass and weed a large weed.
If we consider the types of flat cutters in more detail, then it is worth noticing the following specifics of working with them. So, the Krepysh plane cutter is best used on heavy, clayey soils, since it has a shorter and more powerful blade. The strips are used for quick weeding, and the Mower, due to the wide blade, is used for high-quality hilling of plants.
Correct assembly of a new flat cutter
Initially, only the purchased flat cutter is a metal element, which for convenient work should be fixed to the correct handle. Read how to do this now.
So, the blade is mounted on a standard flat, rectangular wooden handle. Naturally, the corners of the handle should be rounded for ease of use.
Thanks to correct assembly, you can work with either side of the plane cutter, conveniently holding the tool by the handle.
The large plane cutter is fixed to the handle with bolts, which make it possible, if necessary, to change the angle of inclination of the blade.
How to work with a Fokin flat cutter
Correct use of summer cottage inventory is the key to optimization and convenience. If you do not study the rules for handling a tool, then even the best quality will not change the work for the better.
The correct operation of the plane cutter is movements parallel to the surface of the site. If the angle of the blade is not set correctly, the parallel will not work, and therefore you will have to slightly change the mount.
While working with the tool, try to relax your back and keep it in an even position, you can only slightly tilt the body forward. In addition, it is recommended that you hold the plane cutter correctly in your hands - hold the handle in such a way that your thumbs are pointing up. This way you can minimize physical activity.
Functions of a plane cutter in the country
As we said earlier, with the help of such a convenient inventory, you can perform a huge number of useful actions. Here are the main ones:
- Weeding garden and vegetable garden beds, flower beds and special flower systems. For the highest quality impact on the soil, it is necessary to weed with the wide side of the plane cutter's blade, driving it a few centimeters into the soil and sharply pulling it towards you;
- Formation of beds and hilling plants. Turning the plane cutter over with its wide side, set it in the soil at an angle and move towards a bush or plant stem. This is much more convenient than shaping the beds with a shovel or a hoe, since the risk of injury to the plant is seriously reduced;
- Leveling the soil and backfilling holes, rows of seeds. With an inverted flat cutter, without much effort, you can level the soil with movements towards you or away from you;
- Deep loosening of the soil. Holding the tool almost vertically down, at an acute angle to the soil, make a depression and move towards you, much like working with a hoe or plow;
- Slitting and thinning with a Fokin plane cutter. This is a fairly simple process that becomes possible when the narrow part of the tool is applied to a garden bed or a row of plants. It is necessary to deepen the blade by 5-7 cm and gently pull it towards you;
- Breaking up large clods of caked soil. Breakdown occurs by intense blows to the coma with the heel of the plane cutter, or by its initial breakdown with the sharp part of the tool, moving vertically downward;
- Mowing or removing mature weeds. Using some effort, guide the weeds with the bend of the plane cutter towards you. Depending on the growth of the weeds and the difficulty of harvesting them, you can work alternately with both sides of the tool, occasionally undercutting them.
In addition, this garden tool can help with removing the mustache from strawberries, when working on turning compost or mulch, when digging shallow soil, and even scraping old and dead bark from the trunks of mature trees.
Of course, Fokin's plane cutter can cope with many tasks, but this is a specialized inventory that is aimed at certain processes. For each individual work in the country, there should be another garden and vegetable gardening tool, for example, a pruner for trimming thick stems, a pitchfork for turning hay, a shovel for digging the soil, and so on. By the way, we suggest that you pay attention to the article on our website, where experts explain how to dig in the garden correctly in order to get the greatest effect and not physically overwork.
We also want to say that there is no strict manual for using a flat cutter in the country, and every summer resident has the right to decide exactly how to hold the handle or guide the blade along the soil in order to get the best results. This is understandable, because flat cutters are modernized, sharpened in different ways and fixed on the handle, and summer residents are of different heights, right-handed and left-handed, etc.
When working in the country, sharpening any gardening tool before work is extremely important, because thanks to a sharp blade, you can save time and effort. This also applies to the instrument presented today, which is so effective only due to its shape and constant sharpness.
Convenient work with a Fokin plane cutter in the country (video)
It is very convenient to work with Fokin's flat cutter, and therefore we advise each reader of our site to have this tool in his arsenal.