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John Park poses a kitty conundrum: Whos going to feed the cat while youre 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.

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Duration : 0:6:47

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7 Responses

1. Fingerlord9000 Says:
   January 8th, 2009 at 9:20 am

   One of the greatest …
   One of the greatest qaulity videos on youtube. Great job man.

2. Bigpaul2600 Says:
   January 8th, 2009 at 9:20 am

   What do you do when …
   What do you do when you come home from vacation and your cat is a mangled mess cause it decided to check out the pulley system?

3. PhanMaen Says:
   January 8th, 2009 at 9:20 am

   lol eat that kitty!
   lol eat that kitty!

4. nedarb0 Says:
   January 8th, 2009 at 9:20 am

   so uslessly awesome
   so uslessly awesome

5. mtktm Says:
   January 8th, 2009 at 9:20 am

   Kind of a redundant …
   Kind of a redundant setup to have a automated cat feeder. He could of used a separate motor and just wired it into the VCR’s motor power wires and depending on the motor, used less pulleys.

6. AwesomeSpike Says:
   January 8th, 2009 at 9:20 am

   ………….:)
   ………….:)

7. godsend420 Says:
   January 8th, 2009 at 9:20 am

   the time in the vid …
   the time in the vid is 420 smoke on

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