Air Temple Bird House

A Shelter where little Birds feel free...

A Place where they can eat and safely be...

High up with Friends but not Foes...

Where they can easily come and go...

With this thought it came to be...

Therefor I named it the Air Temple, you see :-)

Inspired by Air This Bird Feeder is made to be printed on FDM printers.

For the best detail 0.1mm resolution is recommended. The Air Temple is 273mm high and 250.5mm in diameter when printed at 100% size.

This model is like a Puzzle. The parts should fit tightly together .

The Knob on top (TOPNUTHOLDER) is hold on by a threated Rod and Nuts. One side of the Rod (with a lock Nut on the end) is glued into the “InnerNutHolder Main.stl” Part. The TopNutHolder also holds a Nut inside. This way it can be screwed on top of the threated Rod.

The six Roof Parts and InnerNutHolder Main Part can be glued together. The threated Rod should stick far enough to screw the TopNutHolder on top. Please see the Photo's and screen shots to get the idea.

Then the “Pillars” can be glued onto the InnerNutHolder Part. The the 6 Floor Peaces can be glued together to form the main Floor (Feeder Dish). Onto the bottom of the Pillars the Floor can be glued. To finish it all, the 6 Roof Caps, TopNutHolder Cap & Bottom Cap can be mounted.

* Note that the “FLOOR with PRINT SUPPORT.stl” and ROOF with “PRINT SUPPORT.stl” Peaces have the Print Support already in place. For People that want to create their own Support Material “FLOOR.stl” and ROOF.stl are included.

* Extra option: Add Light into you Sky Temple. For this Light option You will need to print “INNERNUTHOLDER with Light cap part.stl”,” INNERNUTHOLDER with Light insert part.stl”,”INNERNUTHOLDER with Light Lampshade VASE MODE.stl” and “INNERNUTHOLDER with Light main part.stl”. They will replace “INNERNUTHOLDER CAP.stl” and “INNERNUTHOLDER MAIN.stl”. The “INNERNUTHOLDER with Light Lampshade VASE MODE.stl” is Printed in the “Spiral Outer Contour Mode” without bottom layers (basically 1 wall layer /0% infill /0 Top and Bottom layers. A Battery, Switch, Charger Circuit and LED Strips are needed. Please see below and the Photos for more information. Note that it is very important to NOT glue the (6 parts assembled) Roof to the InnerNutHolder in this case. This would make it impossible to reach the electronics for the Lamp Part in the Future.

* This model is tested with the following Print Settings:

Roof and Floor Peaces (with the the support structures already in place):

Blue PLA /0.4mm Nozzle /0.2mm resolution /4 Top/Bottom Layers /3 Wall Lines /15% infill /Brim 15 Lines /40mm/s

Roof 27gram (x6=162gram)

Floor 15gram (x6=90gram)

Pillars:

White PLA /0.4mm Nozzle /0.1mm Resolution /4 Top/Bottom Layers /3 Wall Lines /20% infill /2 Skirt lines/ 40mm/s

Pillar L 10gram (x6=60gram)

Pillar R 10gram (x6=60gram)

InnerNutHolder Main 41gram

InnerNutHolder Cap 3gram

Other Caps and Top Nut Holder:

Silver PLA /0.4mm Nozzle /0.1mm Resolution /4 Top/Bottom Layers /3 Wall Lines /20% infill /2 Skirt lines/20mm/s

Bottom Cap 1gram

Roof Cap 1 gram (x6=6gram)

TopNutHolder Cap 4gram

TopNutHolder Pins 1gram

TopNutHolder Pins 6gram (x2=12gram)

is 439gram of plastic in total (Please note that the Lamp option is not included in this calculation).

* Part List:

2x TOPNUTHOLDER.stl

1x TOPNUTHOLDER CAP.stl

1x TOPNUTHOLDER PINS.stl

6x ROOF CAP.stl

6x ROOF with PRINT SUPPORT.stl /ROOF.stl

1x INNERNUTHOLDER MAIN.stl

1x INNERNUTHOLDER CAP.stl

6x PILLAR L.stl

6x PILLAR R.stl

6x FLOOR with PRINT SUPPORT.stl /FLOOR.stl

1x BOTTOM CAP.stl

1x M4 nut

1x M4 threated Rod x 75mm with locknut glued on the end

* Part List for the Lamp Option:

1x INNERNUTHOLDER with Light cap part.stl instead of INNERNUTHOLDER CAP.stl

1x INNERNUTHOLDER with Light main part.stl instead of INNERNUTHOLDER MAIN.stl

1x INNERNUTHOLDER with Light insert part.stl

1x INNERNUTHOLDER with Light Lampshade VASE MODE.stl (printed in the “Spiral Outer Contour Mode”)

2x M3 x 10mm Bolt

2x M3 nut

3x LED strip 5volt (DUL2)

1x Lithium-ion-Battery 4.8volt (34.5x37x5.5mm)

1x Lithium-ion-Battery Charger (03962A)

1x Switch Bore 6mm /case7x13mm /9mm high

If you have any questions feel free to ask :-)

Do you want a minor change to Parts to make your Electronics fit? Let me know :-)