today we’re gonna show you how to build
one of the coolest looking fountains
I’ve ever seen guys it’s been a while
since we’ve built a tabletop fountain
and I love baking tabletop fountains
I’ve got another really cool one that
I’m excited that I figured out how to
build this fountain was inspired by a
channel called living positively which
had a video on this type of fountain
about ten years ago it showed the
fountain looking at a little bit in
what’s now considered pretty low
resolution it didn’t really say how
everything was built so I’ve worked out
how to make that type of fountain we’re
gonna show you step-by-step how to build
one yourself here’s the basic idea we’ll
use a small pump and especially shaped
nozzle to get a domed mushroom of water
well then use a water vaporizer and some
colored lights to kick it up a notch
first off we’ve got our bucket this is
what our whole fountain is going to be
housed in the size can change quite a
bit this is much taller than it needs to
be you really only need four inches of
height well this is about the smallest
diameter we can use you could have a
much larger diameter and there would be
no adverse effects the next thing we’re
going to need is a pump now there are
lots of types of water proof submersible
pumps this particular pump comes with an
additional piece this ring light here
and you can actually fit this in between
the other pieces I don’t really like
this ring light it has multiple colors
going at once and there’s no control
over it it’s just not my preference most
importantly for this project one of the
attachments is this it’s designed for
making sort of mushroom bubbles of water
it’s pretty neat but a very simple idea
the water flows up through this tube
which is just being held right there and
you can see with the shape of this it
all goes flowing goes up and out it’s
the edge and just bubbles over on both
sides in fact on all sides creating a
round bubble this piece is held in place
with friction you can move it up and
down just by grabbing it and pulling it
up or pushing it back down and that’s
gonna change the shape and the size of
your bubble by a little bit just because
you’re changing the pressure of the
water and how far it has to travel
before it hits the shape piece of
plastic this pump comes with a couple
other pieces as well and most of these
are just extension so you can choose how
high you want the mushroom piece to go
in our bucket here
we are going to need a little bit of
extra height because we’re gonna want
this to sit well outside the top of the
bucket so it’s a good thing we’ve got
these extension pieces let’s do a quick
test with some water to make sure this
is fountain iing the way we want it to
start out with this test we’re just
going to add enough water that our pump
is covered we don’t need to fill the
bucket all the way now this pump on the
front it’s adjustable if you have it
open all the way it’s maximum volume of
water if we have it closed it’s only a
little bit of water we’re actually gonna
start with it closed about as much as we
can and then we’ll open it up because if
we put too much it’s likely just spray
all over the place and that’s not what
we’re going for all right there we go we
can see what our fountain is trying to
do here we’ve got the water flowing up
through the fountain bubbling out into
this cool round mushroom shape we are
trying to get a little bit bigger of a
fountain minute so I’m gonna reach in
and I’m going to open the valve on our
fountain so that it’s more water’s
flowing through it’s a tricky balance
that’s not bad right there I’m liking
that pretty well when you were measuring
this one of the interesting things to
take into account is that this bubble
can actually be filled up with more air
so it can fluctuate especially if
there’s any airflow in the area so let’s
see if I can blow any in and make it a
little bit bigger there we go I got it
to go so big that it’s actually
overflowing I can pop the bubble and it
shrinks back down pretty crazy that it
works that well it’s actually made such
a complete sheet of water that it just
stops letting any air out now we can see
how this is working it’s pretty cool
super smooth complete bubble going
around there let’s turn this off for a
bit we don’t want these cords coming up
out of the top of our fountain super
visible on everything so we’re gonna do
something similar to what we’ve done in
the past and that’s to drill a couple
small holes into the side of the bucket
and have the cords coming out there I’m
putting mine on the back I don’t want
the handle to be super prominent so I’m
gonna call this the back and this is
where I’m gonna drill holes
this cord is not going to fit through
that hole so we’re gonna have to do
something that we’ve done in the past
and that’s cut the cord off and splice
it back on we’ve got our cords through
the hole this one went to the light I
don’t want the light on this so I’m
actually gonna trim this cord even
shorter just do about ready there first
we need to make this waterproof our
buckets gonna be full of water
we don’t want it all the inner right
there so we’re gonna use some hot glue
and we are going to try and make a very
watertight seal around this we use a
little bit of electrical tape to just
hold the smaller wire that used to go to
the light onto the rest of the cord make
it a little less invisible and obvious
so secure down and cover up the end of
this wire that used to be attached to
the light we’re just gonna use a little
bit of heat shrink we’re gonna put that
down over the cord and make sure it
overlaps with the end of the wire so
there’s no exposed metal wire that we
could touch that has electricity running
through it for the rest of this wire the
main plug that runs the fountain we do
want to solder back together one of the
two wires however the other wire we’re
going to leave unsoldered and we’re
going to use that to add in a little
feed through switch that way we should
be able to turn the fountain on and off
just by flipping a switch and without
excellent that’s just what we want to
see next up we want to add a little bit
of magic to that and for that we are
using this thing which is a water
vaporizer
it’s an ultrasonic vaporizer this little
plate right here is a piece of ceramic
can we turn this thing on it vibrates at
several thousand times per second there
really interesting the way it splashes
the water up out actually just causes
the droplets to break apart into these
tiny tiny little particles it just looks
like mist and when you put this under
water about an inch and a half to three
inches of water it starts putting out
vapors crazy right look at that
give it amount of mist right there
that’s pure water vapor there’s nothing
else involved no chemicals no changes in
temperature interestingly enough if you
put your finger in the path of it it
actually starts to like heat up the
inside of your hand and it hurts a lot
so be careful when you’re using these
things because you can really hurt
yourself this bucket is going to be
filled almost all the way with water and
we’re gonna use some of this colored
glass to help disperse the light just
overall make the whole effect nicer
clean it up but we don’t want that glass
on top of this this needs a clear path
from the ultrasonic plate up to the top
of the water what we’re gonna use as a
shield is a piece of this ABS pipe we’re
gonna fit this inside a piece of this
pipe and then we’re just gonna cut about
an inch and a half above that and we’re
gonna use that as a sort of barrier to
keep the glass from getting in there
once again we’ve got cords that we need
to hide in this case we have a cord that
we want to come out the side of the PVC
pipe and then we’re gonna want it to
come out the side of the bucket to allow
the cord to hang down right where we
want it we’re gonna use a saw to just
cut a straight line down to about the
midpoint so we can have it turn and head
right out
[Music]
now we’re gonna use just a little bit of
hot glue to hold this in place so it’s
attached to our pipe and not just
free-floating around in there
this gap at the bottom is probably
enough that it would keep a constant
flow of water into there along with the
slit on the side but just to be sure
let’s drill a couple holes into it
should do it right there
water can easily get in and it has a
clear path to shoot its water at the top
let’s give it a test in fact working
great that’s what we want to see we’re
gonna want this set up so the black pipe
is just at the surface of our water
level and so we can kind of choose about
where we want that to be I want it quite
close to the top of our bucket but not
all the way there and then with the cord
same as last time we’re going to want to
attach it into the side of the bucket
now this cord is a little bit different
than most it actually comes apart so
there’s a second portion of it maybe
it’s designed to be a plug maybe it’s
just designed to hold everything in
place but if we use the right size of
drill bit you actually might be able to
use that as a plug right into the side
of our bucket well our plug sort of fits
into our hole but because our drill bit
didn’t cut a super fine clean edge on it
we’re gonna want to stop that up with a
little bit more hot glue just to make
sure it’s watertight let’s add a switch
just what we want to see let’s start
adding some of our glass rocks down in
here those are gonna do a few different
things one they’re just gonna add a nice
look to the whole thing we’re going to
be adding some waterproof LED remote
control lights inside there it’s gonna
do a really good job of diffusing that
light all over and holding them up and
three lift up the ultrasonic vaporizer a
little bit so it’s higher and it’s going
to be sitting on top of some of the
rocks like that okay well I’m gonna try
turning it on but we’ll see where it is
right now hmm
we may have lucked out all the plastic
pieces that fit together adding up to
make the extension for this have a
little bit of play in them so if we
aren’t quite centered we can usually
just push it a little bit let’s try
turning on the fog this is what looks so
good we’ve now got a little bubble
that’s just full of vapor like all the
time it’s just always magical then you
can you can poke it and the vapor just
all leaks out all of a sudden we it’s
seriously just like otherworldly like
this doesn’t look like a thing that you
can just have just full of smoke and
stuff but it works so well a little
thing
there we have it what I think really is
probably the coolest looking fountain
that we’ve ever built on the show I love
the way this looks it’s seriously just
like some weird alien creature the way
it fills with mist and then you can like
let the mist out being able to blow it
up and pop it again not that hard to
build honestly you can do this whole
thing in an hour easily there are links
in the description for it too by the
pump in the ultrasonic vaporizer as for
the bucket and glass you don’t have to
use glass that’s just what we use
because we had it available whatever you
want to do lots of variety I actually
probably would recommend a slightly
larger container maybe something you
know a planter that’s about that wide
across and the reason for that is that
it it doesn’t splash or leak too much
when it’s just sitting here but when you
turn it on and off it does have a
tendency to splash a little bit like
this got out on the sides there and then
turning it on he’s even more splashy
when it first kicks in it doesn’t always
kick in in a nice even circle at first
so I used in a little bucket because I
like the compact look it all just stays
together however this does need to be
mounted outside as it is because
otherwise I’m just gonna get water all
over every time I turn it on and off
love this project this is a seriously
fun looking fountain I am super happy
with how it turned out thanks again to
the channel living positively for the
idea for this fountain it’s really cool
and your channel is the only place I’ve
seen it before building it in real life
so I’m really glad it worked out guys
that’s not all we’ve always got more for
you to see the box at the top takes into
our last video you should go check that
out the other box shows you what YouTube
thinks you should be watching next and
of course if you hit this ball in the
middle you’ll be subscribed to the
channel so you never miss out on a cool
video don’t forget to ring that Bell I
will see you the next one to talk to you
then [Music]
one of the coolest looking fountains
I’ve ever seen guys it’s been a while
since we’ve built a tabletop fountain
and I love baking tabletop fountains
I’ve got another really cool one that
I’m excited that I figured out how to
build this fountain was inspired by a
channel called living positively which
had a video on this type of fountain
about ten years ago it showed the
fountain looking at a little bit in
what’s now considered pretty low
resolution it didn’t really say how
everything was built so I’ve worked out
how to make that type of fountain we’re
gonna show you step-by-step how to build
one yourself here’s the basic idea we’ll
use a small pump and especially shaped
nozzle to get a domed mushroom of water
well then use a water vaporizer and some
colored lights to kick it up a notch
first off we’ve got our bucket this is
what our whole fountain is going to be
housed in the size can change quite a
bit this is much taller than it needs to
be you really only need four inches of
height well this is about the smallest
diameter we can use you could have a
much larger diameter and there would be
no adverse effects the next thing we’re
going to need is a pump now there are
lots of types of water proof submersible
pumps this particular pump comes with an
additional piece this ring light here
and you can actually fit this in between
the other pieces I don’t really like
this ring light it has multiple colors
going at once and there’s no control
over it it’s just not my preference most
importantly for this project one of the
attachments is this it’s designed for
making sort of mushroom bubbles of water
it’s pretty neat but a very simple idea
the water flows up through this tube
which is just being held right there and
you can see with the shape of this it
all goes flowing goes up and out it’s
the edge and just bubbles over on both
sides in fact on all sides creating a
round bubble this piece is held in place
with friction you can move it up and
down just by grabbing it and pulling it
up or pushing it back down and that’s
gonna change the shape and the size of
your bubble by a little bit just because
you’re changing the pressure of the
water and how far it has to travel
before it hits the shape piece of
plastic this pump comes with a couple
other pieces as well and most of these
are just extension so you can choose how
high you want the mushroom piece to go
in our bucket here
we are going to need a little bit of
extra height because we’re gonna want
this to sit well outside the top of the
bucket so it’s a good thing we’ve got
these extension pieces let’s do a quick
test with some water to make sure this
is fountain iing the way we want it to
start out with this test we’re just
going to add enough water that our pump
is covered we don’t need to fill the
bucket all the way now this pump on the
front it’s adjustable if you have it
open all the way it’s maximum volume of
water if we have it closed it’s only a
little bit of water we’re actually gonna
start with it closed about as much as we
can and then we’ll open it up because if
we put too much it’s likely just spray
all over the place and that’s not what
we’re going for all right there we go we
can see what our fountain is trying to
do here we’ve got the water flowing up
through the fountain bubbling out into
this cool round mushroom shape we are
trying to get a little bit bigger of a
fountain minute so I’m gonna reach in
and I’m going to open the valve on our
fountain so that it’s more water’s
flowing through it’s a tricky balance
that’s not bad right there I’m liking
that pretty well when you were measuring
this one of the interesting things to
take into account is that this bubble
can actually be filled up with more air
so it can fluctuate especially if
there’s any airflow in the area so let’s
see if I can blow any in and make it a
little bit bigger there we go I got it
to go so big that it’s actually
overflowing I can pop the bubble and it
shrinks back down pretty crazy that it
works that well it’s actually made such
a complete sheet of water that it just
stops letting any air out now we can see
how this is working it’s pretty cool
super smooth complete bubble going
around there let’s turn this off for a
bit we don’t want these cords coming up
out of the top of our fountain super
visible on everything so we’re gonna do
something similar to what we’ve done in
the past and that’s to drill a couple
small holes into the side of the bucket
and have the cords coming out there I’m
putting mine on the back I don’t want
the handle to be super prominent so I’m
gonna call this the back and this is
where I’m gonna drill holes
this cord is not going to fit through
that hole so we’re gonna have to do
something that we’ve done in the past
and that’s cut the cord off and splice
it back on we’ve got our cords through
the hole this one went to the light I
don’t want the light on this so I’m
actually gonna trim this cord even
shorter just do about ready there first
we need to make this waterproof our
buckets gonna be full of water
we don’t want it all the inner right
there so we’re gonna use some hot glue
and we are going to try and make a very
watertight seal around this we use a
little bit of electrical tape to just
hold the smaller wire that used to go to
the light onto the rest of the cord make
it a little less invisible and obvious
so secure down and cover up the end of
this wire that used to be attached to
the light we’re just gonna use a little
bit of heat shrink we’re gonna put that
down over the cord and make sure it
overlaps with the end of the wire so
there’s no exposed metal wire that we
could touch that has electricity running
through it for the rest of this wire the
main plug that runs the fountain we do
want to solder back together one of the
two wires however the other wire we’re
going to leave unsoldered and we’re
going to use that to add in a little
feed through switch that way we should
be able to turn the fountain on and off
just by flipping a switch and without
excellent that’s just what we want to
see next up we want to add a little bit
of magic to that and for that we are
using this thing which is a water
vaporizer
it’s an ultrasonic vaporizer this little
plate right here is a piece of ceramic
can we turn this thing on it vibrates at
several thousand times per second there
really interesting the way it splashes
the water up out actually just causes
the droplets to break apart into these
tiny tiny little particles it just looks
like mist and when you put this under
water about an inch and a half to three
inches of water it starts putting out
vapors crazy right look at that
give it amount of mist right there
that’s pure water vapor there’s nothing
else involved no chemicals no changes in
temperature interestingly enough if you
put your finger in the path of it it
actually starts to like heat up the
inside of your hand and it hurts a lot
so be careful when you’re using these
things because you can really hurt
yourself this bucket is going to be
filled almost all the way with water and
we’re gonna use some of this colored
glass to help disperse the light just
overall make the whole effect nicer
clean it up but we don’t want that glass
on top of this this needs a clear path
from the ultrasonic plate up to the top
of the water what we’re gonna use as a
shield is a piece of this ABS pipe we’re
gonna fit this inside a piece of this
pipe and then we’re just gonna cut about
an inch and a half above that and we’re
gonna use that as a sort of barrier to
keep the glass from getting in there
once again we’ve got cords that we need
to hide in this case we have a cord that
we want to come out the side of the PVC
pipe and then we’re gonna want it to
come out the side of the bucket to allow
the cord to hang down right where we
want it we’re gonna use a saw to just
cut a straight line down to about the
midpoint so we can have it turn and head
right out
[Music]
now we’re gonna use just a little bit of
hot glue to hold this in place so it’s
attached to our pipe and not just
free-floating around in there
this gap at the bottom is probably
enough that it would keep a constant
flow of water into there along with the
slit on the side but just to be sure
let’s drill a couple holes into it
should do it right there
water can easily get in and it has a
clear path to shoot its water at the top
let’s give it a test in fact working
great that’s what we want to see we’re
gonna want this set up so the black pipe
is just at the surface of our water
level and so we can kind of choose about
where we want that to be I want it quite
close to the top of our bucket but not
all the way there and then with the cord
same as last time we’re going to want to
attach it into the side of the bucket
now this cord is a little bit different
than most it actually comes apart so
there’s a second portion of it maybe
it’s designed to be a plug maybe it’s
just designed to hold everything in
place but if we use the right size of
drill bit you actually might be able to
use that as a plug right into the side
of our bucket well our plug sort of fits
into our hole but because our drill bit
didn’t cut a super fine clean edge on it
we’re gonna want to stop that up with a
little bit more hot glue just to make
sure it’s watertight let’s add a switch
just what we want to see let’s start
adding some of our glass rocks down in
here those are gonna do a few different
things one they’re just gonna add a nice
look to the whole thing we’re going to
be adding some waterproof LED remote
control lights inside there it’s gonna
do a really good job of diffusing that
light all over and holding them up and
three lift up the ultrasonic vaporizer a
little bit so it’s higher and it’s going
to be sitting on top of some of the
rocks like that okay well I’m gonna try
turning it on but we’ll see where it is
right now hmm
we may have lucked out all the plastic
pieces that fit together adding up to
make the extension for this have a
little bit of play in them so if we
aren’t quite centered we can usually
just push it a little bit let’s try
turning on the fog this is what looks so
good we’ve now got a little bubble
that’s just full of vapor like all the
time it’s just always magical then you
can you can poke it and the vapor just
all leaks out all of a sudden we it’s
seriously just like otherworldly like
this doesn’t look like a thing that you
can just have just full of smoke and
stuff but it works so well a little
thing
there we have it what I think really is
probably the coolest looking fountain
that we’ve ever built on the show I love
the way this looks it’s seriously just
like some weird alien creature the way
it fills with mist and then you can like
let the mist out being able to blow it
up and pop it again not that hard to
build honestly you can do this whole
thing in an hour easily there are links
in the description for it too by the
pump in the ultrasonic vaporizer as for
the bucket and glass you don’t have to
use glass that’s just what we use
because we had it available whatever you
want to do lots of variety I actually
probably would recommend a slightly
larger container maybe something you
know a planter that’s about that wide
across and the reason for that is that
it it doesn’t splash or leak too much
when it’s just sitting here but when you
turn it on and off it does have a
tendency to splash a little bit like
this got out on the sides there and then
turning it on he’s even more splashy
when it first kicks in it doesn’t always
kick in in a nice even circle at first
so I used in a little bucket because I
like the compact look it all just stays
together however this does need to be
mounted outside as it is because
otherwise I’m just gonna get water all
over every time I turn it on and off
love this project this is a seriously
fun looking fountain I am super happy
with how it turned out thanks again to
the channel living positively for the
idea for this fountain it’s really cool
and your channel is the only place I’ve
seen it before building it in real life
so I’m really glad it worked out guys
that’s not all we’ve always got more for
you to see the box at the top takes into
our last video you should go check that
out the other box shows you what YouTube
thinks you should be watching next and
of course if you hit this ball in the
middle you’ll be subscribed to the
channel so you never miss out on a cool
video don’t forget to ring that Bell I
will see you the next one to talk to you
then [Music]
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