Water Bottle Attachment for Pets Use.

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Water Bottle Attachment for Pets Use.

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  • This very simple to make project can be very useful for Pet owners on-the-go, specially for Dog owners.
  • Even if you have a water bottle, your pets can't drink from it directly. You need a cup or saucer.
  • This simple tutorial will show you how to make a portable pot that attaches to the side of your water bottle and can be used to pour water into it.

Supplies

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  • Any water bottle. (For demonstration, I am using a commercially available 1litre bottle)
  • TinkerCad for designing
  • 3D printer or printing service

Modelling the Bottle

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This shape will work for a bottle diameter of around 68mm. Scale the model during 3d printing to increase or decrease the diameter.

  • Measure your bottle's diameter and length.
  • Open TinkerCad at https://www.tinkercad.com/.
  • Create a bottle shape similar to yours, but 5mm wider in diameter. Drag a cylinder onto the canvas.
  • Switch to "Top" view and adjust the diameter using the small white squares. Mine was 70mm.
  • Rotate the view as needed. Increase the height to match your printer's capability or the bottle's maximum height. Mine was 220mm.

Modelling the Pot

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  • Copy the bottle using Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V.
  • Increase the diameter of the copied cylinder by 6mm.
  • Position the cylinders concentrically (red and yellow).
  • Select the red cylinder, click the "hole" tab in the property menu to turn it grey.
  • Move the grey cylinder 5mm upwards.
  • Copy the grey cylinder, place it to the side to make a cut, and resize it accordingly.
  • Select all and group them using the group button in the upper right corner.

Thread Holes

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  • Now that the bottle part is ready, add the threaded hole for the bottle. Include a cylinder hole as shown and group them together.

Add a Slope Holder

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  • To prevent water from flowing out when the pot is placed on the ground, add a prism-shaped part from the Tinkercad menu.
  • Scale it up by dragging any corner while holding shift.
  • Position the prism near the top as shown in the next steps.

Final Touches

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  • To remove the small visible part of the prism, we have to delete it.
  • Before that, add designs as you like from the Tinkercad directory, including your dog's initials if you like.
  • To clear the inside of the pot, ungroup all parts to reveal the inner cylinder hole. Then, regroup all parts. The inner hole will clear the excess extrusions.
  • Voila! Your companion's pot is now ready!