Cat Burglar Joule Thief

Step 2 Make the Paws

From the pattern you just made, estimate the paw size and cut it out of the conductive fabric, Zelt. Then solder some pieces of wire on each. The wires should be long enough to be able to solder them up outside of the cat body (see Step 5). Reinforce this connection with a dab of silicone glue.

Next, take each of the magnets and glue them on to each of the paws. Use strong magnets but keep them apart from one another during the gluing process. You can see in the photos I got mine too close and made a mess of things.

The only magnets that I could find in my chest of trinket treasures (box of junk) were broken but they still worked fine. Also make sure the magnets are positioned so that the opposite poles are facing one another. Why? Because when your cat burglar is finished, the paws will "clasp" together. Awww cute.

At this point you may be asking yourself: "What did I just make here?" I asked the same thing after I had my third kid. Basically, what you just made are the positive and negative contacts for the battery. The magnet backing is used to stick the contacts (paws) to the metal leads of the battery. A simple solution, instead of using some kind of spring contraption.

Comments

[fd93]

IT is the electric vest and the material but it is hard to find raw

[unknownuser2007]

Okay! Thanks! : - )

[fd93]

If you dont want to order ZELT ask anyone who you know that fences(you know swords) if they have an old lemme or if there club does

[unknownuser2007]

I don't know what a "lemme" is but thanks for the hint! : - )