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DAN_ANTONELLI
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DAN_ANTONELLI
@__el__toro__
Mechanical excellence through design & engineering. Carefully crafted form & function. Prototype to production.
Bucks County, PA
agiledesignworks.com
Joined February 2025
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    DAN_ANTONELLI
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    Feb 28, 2025
    Replying to @_osullivan
    Much appreciated, Patrick! And thanks for asking -- my design process goes something like this: It always starts with a pen & paper. Sketches. Idea journaling. I start to form a mental model of what the finished product might look like and how it will function. This is the
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    DAN_ANTONELLI
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    Oct 31, 2025
    80s CAD aesthetic goes hard.
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    Kat ⊷ the Poet Engineer
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    Oct 31, 2025
    what AutoCAD looked like in the 1980s
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    DAN_ANTONELLI
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    Aug 28, 2025
    Years ago I saw a tech brief in an engineering newsletter about a revolutionary new type of linear actuator. I thought "wow, that's a great idea!" Then I never saw it again. It worked like this: picture 3 tape measures pointing upwards & held together at the center. Each is
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    DAN_ANTONELLI
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    Sep 3, 2025
    Ever wonder how missiles, fighter jets, & rockets flew back in the 50s & 60s with such limited computing power available? The answer lies in the valve pictured below. This is a two-stage hydraulic servo valve. Fully analog & built with incredible precision, it transformed
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    DAN_ANTONELLI
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    Oct 14, 2025
    Hammertone. A finish that never fails to subconsciously elevate the quality of an item in my mind.
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    DAN_ANTONELLI
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    Aug 5, 2025
    You know what even better than aluminum? Magnesium. Yeah, yeah, I know it's flammable and more expensive and corrodes if you look at it the wrong way... But when you pick this part up, your brain simply can't believe how light it is.
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    DAN_ANTONELLI
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    Aug 20, 2025
    If you mount a bearing inside a bearing inside a bearing inside a bearing, does that mean it can spin ONE MILLION RPM?!? Turns out the answer is "yeah, maybe" (Btw, this idea has been around for over 100 years)
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    DAN_ANTONELLI
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    Jul 31, 2025
    "Luca, we need to 3D print the wishbones for the F80 out of titanium." "Isn't that going to be expensive?" "Sì, moltissimo..."
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    DAN_ANTONELLI
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    Aug 10, 2025
    For your viewing pleasure... Full titanium subframe:
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    DAN_ANTONELLI
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    Sep 6, 2025
    They could have made the handle round. They could have made the spokes straight. They didn't.
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    DAN_ANTONELLI
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    Sep 29, 2025
    "I want a diamond ring." "Really? Oh, ok, what style?" "A diamond ring." "...umm, like solitaire or halo? Round, princess, oval cut?" "Babe, I don't think you understand..."
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    DAN_ANTONELLI
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    Jul 17, 2025
    Double helical supremacy.
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    DAN_ANTONELLI
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    Jul 25, 2025
    "What line of business are you in?" "Beauty." "You mean cosmetics?" "No." "Oh, so like fashion or jewelry?" "Not exactly..."
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    DAN_ANTONELLI
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    Aug 21, 2025
    TV show idea #2: A crack team of engineers & machinists attempt to create working devices from obscure, bizarre, & forgotten patents. Each new build encompasses an episode (à la Mythbusters) but could span more. Submissions can be fanbase driven. Raiders of the Lost Patents?
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