July 2025
Time to make: 2 hours
Finishing: 1 hour
Source: Indian and Camp Handicraft
by W. Ben Hunt
Page 62
Original design: Ben Hunt
Update: Bill Macfarlane
3D file: Crow Skull by Meligati on Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4121798
Ben Hunt (Whittlin Jim) made a lot of slides and not all of them were in Boy's Life. This slide was in one of the many books he wrote and during the coming months I plan to track as many down as I can.
The original design called for a real crow's skull but I don't see many dead crows around area and the thoughts of cleaning a real skull is not on my list of must do's. Enter a 3D printer and the file listed above.
Using white PLA filament, I printed the skull and then carved away the inner walls of the eye socket like Ben's article instructed. I then painted the skull using paint pens.
