Water Vortex Mini Fountain

"You can never step in the same water twice, my friend. Like flowing water, life is perpetual movement. There is nothing fixed.” -- Bruce lee

In this intructable I will share my how I made this mini water vortex fountain. Almost, all the materials used in this project are recycled...

I made this project with my son and he enjoys playing with water and experiment with things and observe how it affected the fountain, like putting a marble inside the vortex, adding a pipe or more water.. I hope you get to spend more time with your family and friends by building one..

Material

• Long Glass jar ( Olive jar )
• Plastic Food container with lid (reusing one from last nights food takeout)
• Plastic straw
• DC water pump
• PVC tubes
• Glass marbles
• AC to DC, 9V Adapter ( from old device )
• Wires

Tools

• Drill
• Bottle cutter jig
• Soldering Iron
• Hot Glue gun

• It is difficult to drill holes on a glass, so I will use the metal jar cap
• Drill two holes, one at the center and other near the edge
• Make sure there is enough space for a plastic pipe and that the glass jar can still be closed
• Fix the jar cap on the plastic lid of the food container using hot glue gun\
• The middle hole will be used to create a vortex or whirlpool, while the second hole will be use to pump water into the jar at an angle

• Cut the bottom of the glass jar using a glass bottle cutter
• Sand the edges smooth
• We will place the glass jar inverted on the plastic lid

• The water needs to be pumps inside the jar at an angle, so that the water moves in circular motion
• To make a "L" shaped bend pipe by heating the pipe under a flame and then bending it
• Or cut two pieces of the pipe and attach them at 90 degree by hot glue or melting them together
• The water pump is attached to a plastic pipe using a soft pvc tube, as shown

• Drill few extra holes on the food container lid for excess water
• The motor wire can come out at the lid
• Cover the lid with stones or glass marble
• Fill the plastic container with water

Optional :

• Add few lights
• Add blue color or glitter in the water
• Decorate the base jar

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