Self-made millionaire invented Bug-A-Salt gun, shoots salt at flies

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19 points·kjhughes··9 comments

Haven't tried the salt gun yet, but some of the most effective/enjoyable methods I know are:

(1) draw the curtains and leave a door open, (2) detergent spray to immobilise then dispose of with paper towel, (3) cling flim/saran wrap/adhesive tape. approach slowly to avoid triggering the fly ('the slow blade penetrates the shield'). also works with a vacuum cleaner nozzle.

I purchased a Bug-A-Salt years ago on Massdrop.com (now inexplicably Drop.com) and while it was great fun and fairly effective, the corrosive effects of shooting salt all over the place is something that should not be taken lightly.

What if MGS is used instead of salt? You can even shoot in your dishes to make them tastier.

Can it shoot coarse sand?

You'd probably want fine sand - not coarse.

But I think even the finest sand you could buy at a big-box home improvement store might be too coarse, and/or have impurities in it.

So you'd be left with getting certain purified "sands", that would be closer to being called "cutting agents for water jet cutters" than anything else.

With the associated ($$$) pricing.

But maybe there's something cheaper out there? Maybe there's some kind of finer mortar grit additive that isn't too expensive that would work?

>You'd probably want fine sand - not coarse.

Why? Coarser particles fly faster, so they should be better?

If only Obiwan had one of these

“It’s fun, and it’s ridiculous”

I think so, too. Hoorah for the inventor!

We have one in the office. It’s fun

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