For the Openscad competition I took an old and never published design back from 2019. A customizable birdhouse.
Another bird, another birdhouse (at least according to the bird association). With this model you can design a birdhouse for specific birds according to the guidelines often to be found on the webpage of your national bird association. The one showed here is designed especially for the great-tit. But no one asked the birds themselves here, they investigate it but prefer to breed in the old outdoor ashtrays as long as I know :). Nevertheless, it is a great model that will last many bird nests.
Customizing:
You can customize the dimensions the roof angle, position and dimensions of the entrance, mounting and holes. Besides that you can add a lot of cosmetic things like a chimney, planked roof or casco*, woodworking look (panels and nails-look), entrance stick**.
There are a lot of parameters, play with them to create your ideal birdhouse.
Putting it together:
The roof can be mounted to the casco with one or two screws just under the roof-ridge.
Mounting holes for the birdhouse are possible at the back or bottom.
Material:
PLA works for me, it hangs outside now for years with no signs of wear.
Happy gardening :)
* casco-planks are only possible for some reason if the width and depth are the same.
** the entrance or resting stick is not preferable for a bird house (great place for predators). Besides that it will be fragile when printed