Jingle Ball Cat Toy 3D model preview
View source Save
9,004 downloads 1,118 likes 21,916 views Free price

About this 3D model

This is a cat toy ball with a simple design that's quick to print. [My first foray into similar toy balls](http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:19908) required a lot of support material. **This one** consists of two domes that friction-fit together with pegs. The size -- slightly smaller than most similar commercially-sold cat toy balls -- and the mostly-closed-off design are loosely based on an existing cat toy that my kitties are partial to, except that one is held with glue, not pegs. Use it as-is, put a jingle bell inside (as I did -- rescued from a previously stepped on cat toy), or hide a catnip sachet inside (an empty tea bag works well). For those wanting to get into OpenSCAD, I have included the *.scad source code, although it's not trivial, it's well partitioned into functions, uses reasonable variable/constant names, and isn't too difficult to follow.