Original WDC???

[Guest]

What did the original WDC entrance look like,all I can find is modified WDC's

dick

[Mary Dawnsong]

Not sure, but I believe there is only one version of WDC. The name confusion arises because it is sometimes called a "modified excluder".

It is actually a modification of the patented excluder. It is named after its inventor, Willie D. Conley.

Here is a very nice gourd article by John Barrow of Corpus Christi, TX:
http://www.purplemartin.org/update/NaturalGourd.pdf

[Sandy - NC]

There is only one WDC, but because it fell under the patent that was written for the Excluder, the patented holder wanted it called the WDC Modified Excluder.

[Guest]

Whew,that clears that up ,I'll bet I looked for it for two hours before I asked,see I was trying not to be a pest.LOL

dick

[Guest]

I thought that the original WDC was made by making three equally-spaced overlapping 1-3/16" diameter holes in a horizontal row, to arrive at a hole 3" wide at its widest point. Then you file the top 2 pips flat. Maybe that was some other design. I cannot find any reference for this.

Tony

[Emil Pampell-Tx]

Tony, that is an easy way for a do-it-yourselfer to make one that works the same way as the WDC, but it does not exactly match the original WDC