A simple pop bottle chick waterer base that you can print at home with any 3d printer. Originally shared by UrbanAtWork June 7, 2015.

Cause a chick's gotta drink ya know...  

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Backstory: Some of the Ross School's Innovation lab students are raising chicks in the school's EcoLab and we needed a small water dish.  

We wanted a dish that the chicks would be unlikely to step in to help prevent their water from being contaminated.  

We wanted to use a standard PET plastic bottle (here pictured with a "SmartWater" bottle we up-cycled. Note: The smaller water bottles are a little more stable and less likely to leak if filled to the top (too much pressure in the big ones).   

And if you don't see any chicks you can see a short video here: https://youtu.be/GzNiKLl6jKE  

Instructions

We've printed out two of these without support. One in PLA and one in ABS. Both with a high level of fill on an Ultimaker 2, 70% or better with a 0.2mm layer height.   

If you don't have trouble with liquid leaking out of any of your prints then use whatever settings you find work best.