![]() ![]() Cut your airline tubing, so it ends about 3-inches above the top of the funnel.This is why it is important to have firm, plastic tubing that can stand straight to create your fountain rather than a flimsy rubber tube that will bend over. Feed the airline tubing through the hole in your sheet metal funnel.If the funnel looks like a dome, it is upside-down, and you need to flip it. Then, place the sheet metal funnel inside the 5-gallon bucket.You could tape this for security or find an additional piece of rubber tubing that will fit over the pump end and the airline tubing where they connect. Grab your water fountain pump and attach the airline tubing.Place your 5-gallon bucket inside your planter and fill it ½ to ¾ of the way with water.This will then connect to your water pump so that you can hide your cords in the planter. If you want to hide the cords, use your flathead screwdriver and hammer to carefully chip a larger hole into the bottom of your planter until it is large enough for your power cord to slip through. Optional: If you are ok with your electric cord hanging over the side of the planter on its way to your power source, you can skip this step.Once the funnel is dry, we can start assembling. ![]() Using your black Rust-Oleum spray paint, paint the inside of the sheet metal funnel.Hold or clamp the circle in this funnel shape, then, using your electric drill and self-tapping sheet metal screws, screw the overlapping circle ends together to solidify the funnel shape.Take the two ends of the metal circle where you cut a line, and overlap the edges, creating a funnel, until the circle’s lip is about 2-inches in the air.Now cut a hole in the center of the circle, using your metal cutting sheers, that is 1-1 ½ inch in diameter.Create a line from the center of the circle to the edge using your permanent marker, then cut it with your metal cutting sheers.Using your metal cutting sheers, cut out the circle.Hold the string taught and use your permanent marker to create a circle around the center point that should be the same diameter and circumference as your planter.With the other hand, hold the string out to its full length with your permanent marker at the end. With one hand, hold your piece of string or wire at the center point you have created in the sheet metal.With a piece of wire or string, cut a strip the length of half the planter’s diameter.From here, turn the measuring tape perpendicular, and use the same measurement to make another dash in the center of the sheet metal that should form a cross. Place the metal end of the tape measure at the sheet metal’s and measure half the planter’s diameter towards the sheet metal’s center.You will use this to create a center point for your circle on your sheet metal. Now, halve the planter’s diameter measurement on your measuring tape. ![]()
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