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One of the sticky traps absorbed a mighty blow during the season and its ski-pole mount snapped off. Rather then rebuild the whole thing, I decided to just epoxy the pieces together and stick a reinforcing plate on the bottom.

I added a pair of screw holes to the OpenSCAD model and produced a projection of the bottom layer:

if (Layout == "Projection") {
    projection(cut=true) {
        Attachment();
        Cap();
    }
}

Which looked like this:

Sticky Sheet Cage - projection — Sticky Sheet Cage – projection

Cutting that shape from an adhesive sheet looks the same:

Onion Maggot Fly Trap - adhesive sheet — Onion Maggot Fly Trap – adhesive sheet

The somewhat raggedy large hole seems to come from OpenSCAD’s somewhat low-res SVG outline conversion.

Fill the broken part with epoxy:

Onion Maggot Fly Trap - epoxy ready — Onion Maggot Fly Trap – epoxy ready

Clamp it together on a plate to keep the bottom aligned:

Onion Maggot Fly Trap - clamping — Onion Maggot Fly Trap – clamping

Cut an acrylic baseplate:

Onion Maggot Fly Trap - acrylic cut — Onion Maggot Fly Trap – acrylic cut

Apply adhesive sheet to acrylic, stick it on the bottom of the cage, add a pair of stainless steel screws, and declare victory:

Onion Maggot Fly Trap - bottom view — Onion Maggot Fly Trap – bottom view

We’ll see how long that lasts out in the garden next year …

The New Hotness

Onion Maggot Fly Sticky Trap Repair