People Were Curious About Fred's Feeding Habits

DN Staff

July 19, 2004

2 Min Read
People Were Curious About Fred's Feeding Habits

Disinclined to shimmy up tall trees to replenish his bird feeder, Fred devised an electric cable-and-pulley system to reel it in. Using a modified garage door opener, he controls the motion of the feeder, which travels 50 ft between his house and tree via a single loop of steel cable and series of pulleys driven by a motor and worm gear unit. The feeder hangs from both cables, with an idler pulley on the top cable and cable clamps on the lower cable to reduce stress and swinging motion. And Fred keeps his feet firmly on the ground.

Flying feeder parts list

Amt

Part Description

Allied Part #

1

AC operated relay - class 78

850-1821

1

Socket for relay

850-1074

1

MOV surge protector

586-0134

1

Power-on pushbutton switch

870-8752

1

Pushbutton SPDT

870-8750

1

Cap for power-on pushbutton switch, red

870-407C

1

Cap for power-on pushbutton switch, black

870-407A

2

Screw terminal strip

824-2812

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