Bird Feeder Filler Funnel

I have made three Bird Feeder things - the latest being version 4: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:359618 - but filling them when attached to the window is always a bit messy.

I have tried using a standard funnel and also a newspaper rolled up into a funnel shape and although this is a little bit more flexible I always end up spilling bird seed onto the floor.

This thing is nothing more than a funnel with an angled spout but it makes the job so much easier.

EDIT: Although it didn't need it as I printed and used the first version of the funnel which is shown in the photographs without any problems, I had another play with my CAD application and reworked the design to have thicker walls (1.6mm rather than 1.2mm on the first version) and a smoother "bend". The STL for the second version is FUNNEL2.STL. Just to stress - the first version works perfectly well, I just wanted to make it more elegant perhaps :-)

Instructions

Printed on my Mendel90 which enables a print height in the order of 200mm. The funnel goes to within 5mm of this maximum height so you may wish to scale it should your printer require something smaller.

Infill is somewhat irrelevant as the walls are relatively thin so I kept a standard (for me) 25%.

(And if you are interested .... sliced using Skeinforge)

Category: Outdoor & Garden