Goose Silhouette holder by 3DPModder

Last crawled date: 3 years, 1 month ago

UPDATED SEP 16, 2019:
v1 of the decoy widget, while functional, was not durable. Because of the edges, v1 could only be printed upright, which unfortunately aligned the layer lines with the force exerted on them by the wind, leading to a high rate of failure.
v2 is a minor change, chopped the edges flat and rotated it onto it's side to print, so that when it is turned upright, the layer lines now run vertically, perpendicular to the force exerted by the wind.
Created some goose silos 2 years ago (using the templates in the files section), then used 1/4" aluminum welding rod for the legs.
This worked OK for a season, but then had a lot of rods bend in the wind or snap when trying to seat them in hard ground.
My hunting buddy came up with the following design for an improved spike support system.
Uses 12" length 1/2" diameter nails inserted into the spike widget, then that is seated into the recess under the Decoy widget and secured with epoxy.
Silhouettes are made out of 4mm corrugated plastic and slide right into the decoy widget.
I've also attached an STL for a feather template for spraying the feather pattern onto the decoys. Print 2 braces and glue them centered on split to reinforce the template.
Credits:
Spike & Decoy widget design: Colin MantayFeather template: STL conversion done by me from original template by ArcheryRobTemplate PDFs: Unknown, originally obtained from Ontario Out of Doors forum, post no longer available.