A lot of technology is used to make MeowFire. The MeowTech Blog is where we share some technological interest that we do not want to forget or thing from which others may benefit.
MeowTech Blog shares tips, tricks and lessons learned about technologies that range from 3D Printing to Sewing… and of course Cat Whispering. As meowspurration challenges us, crafting new products and/or cat demanded purrfection, this blog shares some of our current solutions:
- 3D printing, aka Additive Manufacturing – If you thought that cats were a handful, we prototype and manufacture our products in house using CoreXY printers running Klipper firmware.
- Linux – The Cats demand that we use Linux as our OS of choice, but do they ever put paws on the keyboard in a helpful way, No!
- Sewing – this technology uses some impressive hardware where the cats are more interactive managing threads.
- Quilting – Sleeping takes up 1/3 of human lives and at least 2/3 of a cats life, you might as well be comfortable.
- Home Catomation – Sharing your living space with the superior intellect of cats creates unlimited opportunities to enhance the living space for all.
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Goodbye Scissors. Hello Brother Scan-N-Cut!
Cutting the same stuff over and over again by hand is not much fun, not accurate and most of all time consuming. After looking at digital cutting machines on the market we went to our local sewing shop and got a demo of the Brother SDX325 Scan-N-Cut. It is not the cheapest but it had…
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Embroidering a patch
We use the following process when designing and embroidering the MeowFire patches that have a 100% fill and satin edge borders. The extra steps are necessary in the patch design and embroidery process. When followed these steps will create a quality product that looks great. Here at MeowFire we use Inkscape with the Ink/Stitch extension…
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Creating a patch with Ink/Stitch
This is a step by step post on how to create a patch with the Inkscape extension Ink/Stitch. In this post we will use the MeowFire logo design to create a patch with the text ‘WTM’. The process of creating a patch consist of the 3 layers: You will need to install the latest stable…
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Ink/Stitch embroidery on a Brother LB5000
During the 15th anniversary at the local sewing shop we purchased an on sale Brother LB5000 sewing/embroidery machine. Liz was wanting a backup sewing machine for the MeowNuka Market Totes and Catnip Cat Kicker Pillows and I was curious how well putting an X/Y gantry on a sewing machine works. For software to create embroidery,…
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Sewing Hem Helper
When making the MeowNuka Market Totes and MoJo Bags Liz noticed she was spending a lot of time measuring hems. We went to the local sewing shop to see if there was a foot for her machine to make this task easier. Sadly, no feet existed that were the size that we needed. After some…