Hanging Improved Bird Feeder

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<p>A remix based on the Improved Bird Feeder by Jakub Kočí.</p><p>I did like the increased capacity of the bird feeder compared to the original shorter version (by Enos). However, since I'm a brand new owner of a 3D printer I didn't have any empty Prusament spools to use to make it the way Jakub and Enos designed it. Additionally, I wanted a hanging version of the feeder and in fact without the spool-based floor to ensure that it will be used only by smaller garden-birds instead of Turtle-Doves.</p><p>That is why I designed a custom top lid that locks with the feeder body using the hexagonal holes in the feeder body and 4 stubs on the top lid itself. Then, in order to make it a hanging version, I made a holder that slides through the hexagonal holes (45 degrees angle to the feeding bins) and consists of two parts that, based on the tolerances of your printer, can be just pressed together letting just the structure of the printed rods to provide tight and secure fit, or you can use few drops of superglue to make this fit more permanent. Alternatively, the holders come equipped with an option to use an M3 screw (personally I used a screw that was previously used to secure a 3.5" HDD in an old computer) to make the connection very secure while retaining the ability to take it apart if needed.</p><p>As no empty spool is used for this remix a roof of sorts is needed and since the holder has the hanger tabs pointing up I designed a custom roof with holes for those and printed it from transparent PLA.</p><p>Material-wise, the entire bird feeder is printed using Galaxy-Black PLA with the only exception being the roof which is using a transparent PLA.</p><p>The main feeder body and the roof are printed without supports and with 0.2 layer height. For the rest of the parts I included a 3mf file that places them all on the print bed at once and also contains support blockers and enforcers for the top lid piece.</p><p>This is my first project I used to learn my way around Fusion 360. Nevertheless, I'm quite happy with the results and birds like it too!</p><p>Happy printing!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Updates:</strong></p><ul><li><i>31.01.2022</i><br>After testing the bird feeder in recent strong winds a slight design flaw was discovered as the heavy winds kept lifting the roof and pretty much ejecting the cap off the top of the feeder. This has been addressed by adding the <strong>Roof Clamp</strong> (new STL added) that presses down around the edges of the feeder and holds the roof in place. If friction fit is not enough, glue can be used to fix it in place. Drain channels are present to allow water/moisture to pass under the clamp.</li></ul>