Adjustable Cat Fountain
Adjustable Cat Fountain
3D
Published 2019-12-16T17:28:11+00:00
Designs for an adjustable cat fountain that uses a small water pump. The design was made for a enamel bowl but can be adjusted for any bowl by editing the .scad code in OpenSCAD. If you don't wish to downlaod OpenSCAD the parts can be customized here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4047026. The completed print in clear PP is of the Cat_fountain_3.stl. The print ran out of filament while printing the pump tube but the part still worked. After the part was edited to further minimize material use and the Cat_fountain_angle_channel.stl was generated in OpenSCAD. The varios .scad file variants have different channel geometries.
Parts used and price
- >8 GMH adjustable water pump (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00Y2533PI/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)
- $5.99
- Stainless or ceramic bowl
- Free
- Printed cat fountain stl
- Adjust to the size of your bowl and pump
- Resivoir and channel size can be changed to you liking
- Polypropylene was used due to being more unreactive than common 3d printing polymers such as PLA
- Cat_fountain_angle_channel.stl: ~$2.79
A cat fountain that fits any bowl and has a filter was already designed (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2861327/files) but was not adjustable. The flowing water area was also not near the level of the bowl's water to allow easy drinking access. My cat also didn't mind drinking out of a fake stone fountain that didn't have a filter before it broke so I didn't find the filter to be nessary.
Print settings used for the Cat_fountain_angle_channel and polypropylene filament.
- Layer height: 0.38 mm
- Intial layer height: 0.4 mm
- Layer width: 0.5 mm (nozzle width)
- Wall thickness: 1 mm
- Top/bottom thickness: 1.08 mm
- Top/bottom layers: 3
- Infill: 15%
- Infill pattern: Tri_hexagon
- PP settings:
- Default printing temp: 235
- Print speed: 50 mm/s
- Fan speed: 65%
- Maximum fan speed: 85%
- Minimum layer time: 12 s
- Minimum speed: 40 mm/s
- Support:
- Density: 12%
- Pattern: Zig Zag
- Support Overhang angle: 75 degrees
| Date published | 16/12/2019 |
| Material Quantity | ~34 g |
| Dimensions | 164 mm x 90.5 mm x 63.5 mm |