Cat-shaped fountain

Refreshing your cat during hot summer

Christophe Ponsard

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Description

Just a funny little fountain shaped as a cat and powered with a micro USB pump to have a water flow.

Details

The projet is very simple but created with my kids during a hot summer in the pandemics. We modelled the structure to fit a little USB pump. After an initial trial, we tuned it to make sure the water would not splash out of the small basin.

It is funny to watch the cat discover it and try to drink. To my despair, my cat did not really adopt it, they prefer going to drink in the aquarium or pool (maybe catching a fish while drinking ?)

Components

1 × PLA Color of you choice (white if you want to paint the cat part)
1 × USB pump (see ref on picture or equivalent)
1 × Small plastic tube to connect pup to cat body

Build Instructions

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Instructions
- dowload STL from thingiverse (see link below)
- customise the cat part (print it in white and paint it as you/your cat like)
- connect pump with head using little tube
- fit pump inside the base
- put head on base
- fill water
- connect usb (e.g. use a powerbank)