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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Catio Bonita Soft Opening
For those living in the greater Denver area we have been waiting for the Casa Bonita reopening. For three cats living in the greater West Westminster area, they have been waiting for the opening of Catio Bonita, which happened this weekend! CatNets netting The catio was our existing back patio that we framed in with…
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Reuse spools for sewing on Elfa
Of all the shelving solutions I have tried, Elfa from the Container Store is the easiest to set up, most versatile and expensive ( but worth it ). In creating 3D printed products like Kitty No and Tabby Tabs, we have an abundance of empty 3D printer filament spools. Liz had a clever idea to…
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Random Klipper USB disconnects
Random Klipper USB disconnects In building the MeowFire print farm we have come up against an AMD Ryzen 7 4800U micro PC that would experience random Klipper USB disconnects. After days of searching and testing we stumbled upon the issue causing these random disconnects. First a little background. We run Kilpper and Moonraker on dedicated micro PC’s that are…
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Installing Klipper on Ubuntu
Installing Klipper on Ubuntu Here is how we at MeowFire install Klipper on a standalone mini PC, such as a Dell OptiPlex Micro. Installing Klipper on Ubuntu is super easy thanks to KIAUH. Installing Ubuntu on Dell OptiPlex This post covers installing Klipper on Ubuntu with a spare PC or laptop you most likely have collecting dust. This…
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background paper page holder
When taking photos of smaller parts sometimes you only need a curved sheet of paper as a background. I try to get the cats to act as a background paper page holder for me, but I need at least 2 of them to hold each end and that is asking a bit too much. So…
