How to feed your cat while you are away with a VCR cat feeder

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John Park poses a kitty conundrum: Who's going to feed the cat while you're on vacation? Using a motor from an old VCR, he creates an automated feline feeder. While building this Make: magazine project, John learned that newer VCRs have safeguard technology, limiting access to the motor. Watch John as he demonstrates his solutions to this challenge.

Download the PDF for instructions here: cachefly.oreilly.com/make/television/VCR_CatFeeder_FINAL.pdf

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daniel007 6/2/09 2:33 AM

Looks Cool

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shellymilili (8) 6/17/09 10:03 PM

it is so COOL

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baaccs 8/11/09 4:34 AM

What a total waste of time. That was so lame, I cannot believe I watched the whole thing. Also the ending was bogus on the food, probably had canned food in the bowl holding the cat back till the right moment

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