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Recessed Button Guard for Automatic Cat Feeder

Designed a recessed guard to stop cats pressing feeder buttons by accident.

Made feeding controls reliable for owners while preventing unwanted trigger events.

  • Fusion 360
  • Laser Cutting
  • Acrylic Forming
  • MDF Mold
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The feeder buttons were easy for a cat to press by accident, which caused random food dispensing.

I designed a recessed guard in Fusion 360, laser-cut it from acrylic, and thermoformed it over a simple MDF mold so it matched the feeder's curved surface.

The final part keeps buttons easy for humans to press while preventing accidental presses from pets.

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