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Cat Feeder Puzzle

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A *WAY* over-engineered solution to a first-world problem. Saw an article saying cats need to play with their food to feel fulfilled, and said, "Hold my beer."

Pour food into the top funnel, and it gets spread out into the puzzle level. The cat can see the food and bat it around, but can't get it out unless it pushes the food into the holes in the central tube. The food then falls down a level, either onto the plate, or onto the next lower puzzle level if it exists.

This model takes a lot of plastic and a lot of time to print. *Before you start, print Screw_Test.stl to make sure your settings will make functioning screw joints. If it doesn't work, don't bother with the other pieces.*

Print 1 "plate", 1 "lid", and as many "puzzle" parts as you want (too many, and it will likely topple). The pieces screw into each other, but you might still want a spot of glue.

Supports are only necessary on the small rims that are parallel to the ground and in the windows, so set your suppo
Source
Thingiverse
What you need to print this: Intermediate Low confidence
Why?
significant post-processing
Single piece Hardware needed
Supports 1/3
Assembly 0/3
Settings 1/3
Bed size 0/3
Post-process 2/3
Printer
FDM / FFF
File format
STL
Material
PLA
Post-processing
Gluing, Hardware
Software
Cura, PrusaSlicer, or similar
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