diy indoor waterfall
Difficulty: ★★★☆☆
Time: About 4 hours
From scrap: ████████░░ 80%
PreambleRecently indoor fountain waterfalls become a very popular thing. They play a decorative role in the apartment as well as contribute to relaxation and rest. In this article, we will focus on how to build indoor waterfall. And the waterfall we will make is not just a decorative, it is desktop. Micro waterfall.
Materials- A small motor (from camera or phone)
- Plastic gear of any toys or watches
- Thin plastic
- Cap of deodorant
- Bottle cap
- Ball pen
- Foil
- Wires
- Resistor
- LEDs
- The battery of the phone
- Shells
- The plastic box
Tools- Scissors
- Drill
- The gun melting
- Pliers
- Super Glue
- Soldering
- Hacksaw
- Scheme of working
Lets start with pump, you can build it or buy in an aquarium store. There is some scheme
1 - water enter hole
2 - impeller
3 - body
4 - water exhaust pipe
Р - centrifugal force. - Step 1
The basic idea - to make mini indoor waterfall, a little more than a pack of cigarettes. Therefore, the motor must also be small. I use a motor from the camera.You can use vibro motor of useless telephone
- Step 2
Impeller is made of plastic gear, which can be found in toys, watches...
- Step 3
Grind it to the size of the pump casing
- Step 4
Now we make blades. Cut rectangular pieces of plastic and glue them to the wheel.
- Step 5
As the body I used the plastic cap of deodorant
- Step 6
Cut extra pieces of it and drill holes: a small exit at the top for the motor shaft, and a large hole for water exhaust.
- Step 7
The exhaust tube made of body of a ballpoint pen. Glue it.
- Step 8
Motor should stick as much as possible accurately and without bias
- Step 9
Make a cover for the pump casing. In this case, I used a bottle cap. The hole in the center - to water entry
- Step 10Glue it
The result was a miniature pump. In tests, it is able to give the water column height of 20 cm when powered by Li-Ion battery of your phone 3.7 volts. - Step 1
The basic idea - stone style. "Stones" made from crumpled foil and glued with hot melt. After the pre-painting
- Step 2
The source from which the water will flow, I took the shell of a suitable size and drilled a hole in it for tube
- Step 3
Assemble according to the scheme
- Step 4
The water reservoir for diy indoor fountain will be a small plastic box
- Step 5
Stick it with "stones"
- Step 6
Assemble it all with hot melt glue, connect the wires. You can use a resistor for adjusting the power of the indoor fountain. Here the scheme
- DIY indoor waterfall
- Half power
DIY indoor fountain
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Results and tips- The result is really diy indoor fountain waterfall, this size you will not find in a shop
- If it will be a gift, you need to make two indoor fountains. Leave this one is very hard =)
