Build Your own Automated homemade Pet feeder | Downnapp walk through |

What do you need


1. A Plastic tube approximately 3 Ft tall.
2. A triangular Food chamber that can be made by using wood or plastic attached.
3. A Rubber flipper that can hold food.
4. 1 230v Motor
5. A time controller  
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Estimated cost around - 20 $
Estimated time - 2 hours


How to do it


First of all make two small holes in the plastic tube as you can enter a metal stick through it. After that lean the rubber flipper inside the tube until it reaches the between of those two holes you made. When its there insert the metal stick piercing the rubber flipper and reaches the next side of the tube. Now you should be able to rotate the flipper by using the metal stick. If you feel like that its not tight enough or easily rotating use some rubber knobs to those holes you have just made.

Second is the mounting all the parts together. First mount the motor with the metal stick by using a welder or Solder using lead, But i prefer to go with welding, in this case you should note down that you have to use the electronic welding method not the oxygen welding method because it might melt the inside of your 230v motor. After mounting the motor and the flipper connect both ends of the triangle food chamber and the food tube.


We’re almost done, Finally you have to connect the control panel and the motor to operate the time and duration. For this step i used a programmer that i removed from an old Air conditioner, But you can always buy a 24 hours programmer for a low cost from an electronic shop. Since your motor is a 230v motor you can connect it directly to the programmer without any other modifications.


Now You have made a attractive outdoor pet feeder for your pets that can be programmed to release food at any time of the day.


This is a small sketch i drew to show you people how it looks like. And Please point me my errors and things that i should improve. I love to learn from my mistakes.