DIY Feeding tub / Click clack for the missus.

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So, my young lady-friend was in need of a feeding tub so she could separate her jungles for feeding time. (The cleanups were too much... So much blood on the floor... Her jungles like to pretty much squish their meals in half...) Here I come to save the day!

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I made a quick template and used a soldering iron to make some holes in the side.

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Made the other side lower in case she ever wants to use it as a click clack and have a hot/cold side.

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And Hello Kitty. Because she loves Hello Kitty...


Materials used: 120w soldering iron (Overkill...), Two pieces a4 paper for templates, permanent marker, 7l tub.
Time: ~2 hours. Includes time to draw Hello Kitty on the template...
Total cost: $11.10

If/when there is a next time I'll be using the drill press and a 2mm drill bit instead of the soldering iron. I just think it'll be neater.
 
So, my young lady-friend was in need of a feeding tub so she could separate her jungles for feeding time. (The cleanups were too much... So much blood on the floor... Her jungles like to pretty much squish their meals in half...) Here I come to save the day!

35463_532418023447038_2001676755_n.jpg

149397_532418380113669_561789595_n.jpg

644057_532418443446996_2093164313_n.jpg

I made a quick template and used a soldering iron to make some holes in the side.

21671_532418540113653_1393394780_n.jpg

Made the other side lower in case she ever wants to use it as a click clack and have a hot/cold side.

535789_532418563446984_762707698_n.jpg

48150_532418646780309_515178932_n.jpg

60698_532418753446965_353809642_n.jpg

427191_532418943446946_949043740_n.jpg

And Hello Kitty. Because she loves Hello Kitty...


Materials used: 120w soldering iron (Overkill...), Two pieces a4 paper for templates, permanent marker, 7l tub.
Time: ~2 hours. Includes time to draw Hello Kitty on the template...
Total cost: $11.10

If/when there is a next time I'll be using the drill press and a 2mm drill bit instead of the soldering iron. I just think it'll be neater.

I tried a drill press, I cracked a couple of click cracks drilling them, and shavings often stay partly attached to the hole.
Soldering iron is the go.
 
Drill very slowly with almost no pressure and you should be fine, let the drill pull itself through, a block of wood behind where you're drilling will reduce the flex of the plastic. The 'bits' of plastic from drilling are easily removed by hand.

I put a few holes on the top but only at the cool end, as has been mentioned, it can get steamy after they have relieved themselves :)
 
I tried a drill press, I cracked a couple of click cracks drilling them, and shavings often stay partly attached to the hole.
Soldering iron is the go.

I'll use one of my battery drills with brand new bits... And I've drilled this sort of plastic many, many times in the past. The key is a sharp bit and little to no pressure, the less pressure the less chance of something going wrong. To get rid of the shavings, either a sharp knife or wiggling the drill bit seem to work wonders.

And yes, What Jax says. I didn't need that many holes but I did them anyway... They went well with the hello kitty picture the missus wanted...
 
I'll use one of my battery drills with brand new bits... And I've drilled this sort of plastic many, many times in the past. The key is a sharp bit and little to no pressure, the less pressure the less chance of something going wrong. To get rid of the shavings, either a sharp knife or wiggling the drill bit seem to work wonders.

And yes, What Jax says. I didn't need that many holes but I did them anyway... They went well with the hello kitty picture the missus wanted...

YMMV
I'm a tradie of 25yrs practice at wrecking all sorts of stuff, as well as pulling off impossible DIY of all kinds. After I cracked a lid, I experimented with no pressure, cordless, high speed, low speed, I specially ground a drill bit for drilling plastic and still found it a PITA
Best success I had drilling was with a dremel with a thin round tipped burr, but it kept clogging up
 
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