I am very much of the opinion that ICE whistles should sound like those Aztec Death Whistles.

Printed ones are great - I'd never say not to. But cheap whistles bought in bulk are way less expensive.

I have printed a few

I want to print some more and make little bags with a whistle and a zine in it and start taping them to utility poles around town

I'm planning on printing up quarter-page sheets on the importance your community plays in getting ICE to leave, and starting a Signal group for my neighborhood and including the QR code on there. Then printing a bunch of whistles and putting them with the flyers in mailboxes in my neighborhood.

I've printed a ton of these for a protest in the spring and they're super loud: https://makerworld.com/models/502788?appSharePlatform=copy

I printed a dozen of these and they're fast and cheap but maybe not as loud as the other (they're designed to print on their side): https://makerworld.com/models/2245044?appSharePlatform=copy

When I get home after the weekend I'm going to print these two to see if they're louder or cheaper/faster to print (or both!). If they are I'll use them for the above exercise.

https://makerworld.com/models/2245044?appSharePlatform=copy

https://makerworld.com/models/2245044?appSharePlatform=copy

I just printed a few hundred and donated them to a local organization in town. A friend of mine is working with them and I asked if they wanted whistles and they were happy to get them.

You can buy plastic whistles crazy cheap on AliExpress. But yeah you can print them.

As a piggyback comment. I designed a reusable retractable protest sign handle that uses very little filament. It's free. On printables, makerworld, and thingiverse.

Just search "protest handle" on the sites. Only one that exists as far as I know.

FREE model. And low filament use. Cost about $1 to print.

I will say in windy Chicago I did have 2 snap. But because of the way it's made, I only had to reprint one piece and re-assemble.

They are of decent durability.

But a big sign and Chicago wind was a challenge to the design which I prioritized printing time and low filament use.
I've made about 8 total and none of those broke for other people using them or myself.

https://makerworld.com/models/1139730?appSharePlatform=copy

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6958673

https://www.printables.com/model/1203296-protest-sign-handle-extendable-telescopic

No but I bought 500 to give out

I decided to get my piece of shit Monoprice printer out of the box to try to help with this and it ended up in an even sadder state. I've never had a good experience with this thing and now the print bed is completely fucked so I give up on this one.

Feel free to shoot me some recommendations on printers <$1000 while I start shopping around.

Edit: I'll start with the recent recommendation post. https://lemmy.world/post/41165129?scrollToComments=true

Nope

Since the only ICE around here is in my freezer, no.