I made a “Shoo Fly Don’t Bother Me” whirligig for our local woodworking club’s whirligig contest that was held at our Spring picnic. It was a beautiful day and the whirligig did a great job at keeping the flies away from my plate. Watch this video of the build and see it in action!The propeller is made from fly swatters from the dollar store with the handles cut off. I made a red square hub out of wood and hot glued in the fly swatters.I used leftover wire from a fly swatter handle, an eye bolt, and a piece of straight 1/8″ steel rod to make the action mechanism. I cut these with large wire cutters and bent …
