Bird cage

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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) Instructions File Parts List: Quarter_arc (12) Half_arcs(6) Stanchion (12) Cross_beam (32) Print out the parts. Buy Bamboo wood staves from a "dollar store" Assemble then glue up. I used blue painter's tape instead of glue so I could change things around. Have fun decorating the house!