Before assembling the pieces, feed the plastic hose through the leg, crosspiece and water spout. Insert the brass ferrules into the holes on the centre tube and fix with a dab of glue. Arrange the bamboo pivot rod sleeves and centre tube onto the pivot rod, then capture the whole assembly between the legs. Dry fit the legs and water spout into their holes before the final assembly with polyurethane glue.
Image at left: The base is secured and hidden by river rock. A small pump feeds the fountain. Base assembly
The base for the fountain is a 3/8"-thick polyethylene kitchen cutting board. Cut it to size using a tablesaw, then attach the hardwood dowels with stainless-steel screws countersunk from below. The legs of the fountain can now be slipped over the dowels and fastened with one screw each. If you don't have a pond, you'll need a reservoir to hold the circulating water. Any watertight container will do. Once your container is buried, drop in the pump and lay a sheet of hardware cloth over the opening. Position the fountain so the centre tube will empty into the reservoir, and cover the base and hardware cloth over with river rock. Fill up the reservoir with water and plug the pump into a GFCI-equipped outlet and it's sayonara to those pesky deer.
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