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motsu

@ motsu @lemmy.world

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  • I 3D printed an automated cat treat dispenser to train my cat to exercise! (printables link with files and code in comments)

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  • He does little bursts of running with periods of walking in between, so I dont think it would work. Perhaps with other cats it would though

  • Moving servers and rack equipment

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  • Take out any spinning rust and pack those in a foam HDD case. Number them as you pull them for easy reinstall.

    Put a bit of plywood under the rack, ratchet strap it, and now you can put it on a dolly without the lip hitting the equipment as you try and lift it. For avoiding it falling off the dolly, use a 2nd ratchet strap and wrap it around the chassis / dolly.

    Put a 2nd piece of plywood on top once its in the uhaul so you can load more boxes on top... Maybe even do that at first so the initial strap is securing it as well.

    As for the bottom plywood, if you add some felt pads, then it will help you shimmy the chassis into / out of its position once its unloaded. I have my rack vhb taped to ply with felt under it and recommend it to people IRL a fair bit.

  • Moving servers and rack equipment

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  • I 3D printed an automated cat treat dispenser to train my cat to exercise! (printables link with files and code in comments)

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  • oh thanks for the heads up!

  • I 3D printed an automated cat treat dispenser to train my cat to exercise! (printables link with files and code in comments)

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  • Yeah, or even something in the middle where you still use a cheap microcontroller and the hall effect sensor to track distance without any treats. You would have to find a way to get the cat running in the first place though.

    It seems like people have better luck getting the larger semi-domesticated savannah cats / similar to use the wheel than domestic house cats without training

  • I 3D printed an automated cat treat dispenser to train my cat to exercise! (printables link with files and code in comments)

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  • I wanted to make a human sized wheel to bring to opensauce that dispenses candy thats the equivalent to the calories you burned, or possibly had motors acting as a generator that powered up a power bank for people to charge their phones from!

    Thanks for the feedback though, and glad you liked it :)

  • 3DPrinting @lemmy.world
    motsu @lemmy.world

    I 3D printed an automated cat treat dispenser to train my cat to exercise! (printables link with files and code in comments)

  • What is your favourite way to transfer files in your homelab?

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  • smb share if its desktop to desktop. If its from phone to PC, I throw it on nextcloud on the phone, then grab it from the web ui on pc.

    Smb is the way to go if you have identity set up, since your PC auth will carry over for the connection to the smb share. Nextcloud will be less typing if not since you can just have persistent auth on the app / web.

  • What is the deal with all this first layer fixation?

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  • Its just a test to dial your printer in. I shimmed my bed with 0.1mm washers. I haven't done a full square of plastic, but I printed my first layer / z-offset print of choice in all 4 corners and center in order to verify the bed level results in octoprint were accurate.

    Before hand 70% of my bed printed perfect, but one spot was a little lower, and the mesh bed leveling wasn't accounting enough for it. Parts printed on textured sheets would not pick up the texture as well in that one spot. I like the textured look for top surfaces of control panels and such, so having an area on the bed that wouldn't apply the texture was a bit annoying.

    Tests like what you are talking about is an extreme way to verify that everything is square, or at least well accounted for in the firmware.

    Also, since this wasn't something achievable out of the box until recently, printer manufacturers are showing it off as a point of pride / as a sales tactic.

  • I got to play around with some 3d scanners, and thought you might be interested in it, since its a useful tool for functional printing!

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  • Yeahhhhh, they have a sale going on right now, but its still like 1800. I really do think that its more of a business target with that price though. While the original stick einstar won't pick up on super fine details, a scan from it + some caliper measurements has done me pretty well with hobby projects. The price point is definitely more reasonable on that for hobbiest makers

  • 3DPrinting @lemmy.world
    motsu @lemmy.world

    I got to play around with some 3d scanners, and thought you might be interested in it, since its a useful tool for functional printing!