Bird Cage 3D Printer Model

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File formats: stl
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Summary

Four Part Expandable Bird House

Model of a scalable Birdcage constructed from four 3D printed parts and dollar store wood "Shish Kabob skewers". Door opens and swings.

This is a basic design that I used for a narrow shelf decoration,
but it can scaled up just by adding more cross beams.

You can line these up in different directions, add back rooms, make a maze, expand out or add floors...

The real fun of this project was to design the decorations. I haven't included any of mine since I like the look of the project plain and everyone has their own design taste.

Tips for assembly:

  • Use acetone: ABS plastic from the left over support structures 2:1 mix to glue weld the parts.
  • use an alignment tray to make sure all the angles 90 degrees.
    -use the full arch placed first to support the quarter arches against long place holder wood bars.

Suggestions for decorations that you might consider include the following:

  • Front steps
  • Finials for columns
  • Ridged half columns for front center part
  • Windows with frames
  • Roof Peak decorations
  • Roof Ridge with spacers for crossover wires
  • Bell tower or widow's peak
  • Use metal wires instead of wood for walls and roof
  • Flag pole with pennants
  • Mail box
  • Lamp post
  • Eve decorations for arches
  • Ridge peaks

Ideas for "better" versions of this basic design:

  • Open bottom tray for cleaning, if you keep anything alive in one of these.
  • Roll arcs of copper wires to cross over roof instead of long way wood beams.
  • Add a few LEDs to the inner roof beams

File Parts List:

  • Quarter_arc (12)
  • Half_arcs(6)
  • Stanchion (12)
  • Cross_beam (32)
Arch_inner.stl
Arch_outer_quarter.stl
Side_Part_1.stl
Side_Part_2.stl