Fokin's Flat Cutter

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This article describes a modern agricultural tool, the Fokin flat cutter. From the proposed review, you will learn about the design of the flat cutter, the functions performed and the features of this garden tool

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V. Fokin, the inventor of the flat cutter

Ploskorez is a unique development of the inquisitive mind of a gardener. This is the only garden tool not only for cultivating the land, but a tool for versatile interaction with cultivated plants and the surface layer of the soil.

The ultra-light hand-held flat cutter technology takes your home garden work to a whole new level. As a result of flat-cutting processing, the number of beneficial microorganisms increases and the potential of the soil increases.

History of invention

As a result of rationalizing scientific developments by retired engineer Vladimir Vasilyevich Fokin, such an unusual, but at the same time, universal tool was invented. In the official Bulletin of Inventions and Discoveries of Russia, it bears the name “Fokin's manual tillage tool”.

In his younger years, Vladimir Vasilyevich worked on a collective farm, performing several duties. As a journalist for the Leninets newspaper, he often met with agricultural workers. Work on the ground was Fokine's favorite pastime, in addition to work. He was always fascinated by this difficult physically occupation.

After suffering a heart attack, a lot has changed, Vladimir Vasilyevich received a disability and work in the garden became unbearable for him due to hard physical affairs. Then the engineer decided to make the work in the garden easier and to develop the perfect agricultural tool for doing what he loved.

The development of new garden equipment was crowned with success, and the result was the Fokin manual flat cutter. Nowadays, this invention helps many gardeners to spend less energy when working in the garden. At the same time, working with a flat cutter using the technology of natural farming increases bioactivity, soil fertility, and hence the yield.

Flat cutter design and function

In addition to the fact that the Fokin flat cutter is a modern gardening tool for loosening and weeding, it can be used to do about 20 types of work on the ground. The main function of the plane cutter is to pull out or cut weeds with a blade parallel to the soil surface at a depth of 2 to 5 cm. This gentle method of cultivating the land, firstly, does not change the structure of the soil, and secondly, it is harmless to animals and insects living in the cultivated soil, thirdly, less physical effort and time is spent. Working with a flat cutter, the surface layer of the soil is preserved, loosening occurs without turning the layer.

Flat cutting is not designed for traditional farming, since it will be extremely difficult for them to work in dense soil, although in this case it is possible to use the flat cutter as a hoe. But in soil with a porous structure and a mulch layer, the flat cutter works wonders. This progressive way of working with this tool, combined with other organic farming methods, significantly improves the condition of the earth.

The design consists of plates bent in the form of a bracket at an appropriate angle, the cutting surfaces of which must always be sharply sharpened. If you are pruning young weeds, the stems of which have not matured, then sharp sharpening is not needed.

Six types of Fokin flat cutters were produced: small, large, "Krepysh", "Mighty", "Small" and "Large" flat cutters. The most versatile are the two flat cutters included in the "Universal kit". With a small flat cutter of this set, you can gently weed beds, thin out dense seedlings, a large flat cutter is suitable for preparation, formation and hilling of beds, mowing grass.

For heavy clay soils, choose the Krepysh plane cutter, which has a shortened blade. If you need to huddle tall plants, then get a "Mighty" with a wide blade. Flat cutters "Slats" are similar in design to small and large flat cutters, but have long and narrow blades. You can weed the area very quickly with the "cloths".

Wooden handle for flat cutter of flat shape, which allows you to keep it in a comfortable position.

Working with a flat cutter

Work with a flat cutter with a straight back, a slight tilt of the body is possible, grasping the handle, the thumbs should "look" up. In this case, working with this tool is reduced to minimal effort. All movements made by the plane cutter must be parallel to the soil surface. Operations with a plane cutter depend on the location of the cutting edges.

Plane cutter functions:

1. Loosening, weeding, mowing, undercutting with loosening with a wide edge of the blade.

2. Formation of beds.

3. Leveling the soil surface.

4. Deep loosening of the soil.

5. Splitting, thinning of crops.

6. Eating.

Experience is required when working with a flat cutter. Learn to work with this tool, adjust it to your height and body type. The optimal adjustment of the position of the plane cutter will allow you to appreciate all the advantages of its work. Experiment and the practice of using a flat cutter will help to reveal all its advantages.