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At work I sit right beside an air conditioner.  It’s been great during the summer so far, especially since I work on the upper floor where the warmth likes to hang out.  The only problem I’ve had with it is when it’s on, it blasts me so directly that turning it on and off constantly is only way to compromise the extremes of hot and cold.

View of distance of air conditioner to desk

I heard that my predecessor constructed a cardboard “deflector” to redirect the icy blast, so that is what I sought to do.

Tools for construction, from my handy dandy handbag

Armed with packing tape, scissors, a box cutter I found on the ground, a Fed-Ex box previously deemed useless, as well as my limited edition Sigg Geisha Grace drinking receptacle (thanks Tita Grace), I was ready to go.

Reinforced support, adjustable air permitter

I knew that on some days I would want more air flow than others, so I made an adjustable side-thingy that would alter the angle of the deflector.  I also didn’t want to tape the whole thing to the air conditioner itself, so I created a reinforced support block (and by reinforced I mean I cut little triangles and taped them in place, as seen to the left of the above picture) for the deflector to rest on.  Below is a side view of the finished product.

Side view

It took me about 20 minutes and half a box to make, and it worked well.  Too well.  I had to cut the height of the deflector slightly because it wasn’t letting enough air through.  I thought about creating adjustable slits for air to flow through, but I think I’m going to leave that for Deflector 2.0.