Swiss-type machine shop owner and employer of robots. The Danny of Danny's Dowel Factory.
Pennsylvania, USA
Joined February 2009
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I've been watching the reindustrialize movement and trying to break out of the typical semi-captive job shop lifestyle.
I've come up with an offering that might fill a niche as designers and engineers build small assemblies.
Configure and buy custom dowel pins online:
Japanese kei truck garden inspired trunk or treat presentation. Parents appreciated. Many dads pointed out the obviously utility of mini truck ownership.
Added a “Send to your buyer” option so if you are not able to make the payment, you can easily email your configured pins to your purchasing department 👍🏻
Pretty cool to see @davidliuxyz has vans dropping off parts in my neighborhood 👍🏻
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Dan Rudolph retweeted
Dear founders and VCs calling your thing “foundry” or “forge:”
Please choose another name unless your thing is an actual foundry or forge.
Sincerely,
American Actual Reindustrialization
Cool example pin config from my watchmaker buddy Zach. Lots of website updates this weekend, people need pins, we make ‘em.
Dan Rudolph retweeted
Well look at that, a perfect Titanium clevis pin for one of our custom linkages, with shallow chamfered head and an easy STEP file download to bring it into CAD.
In the future every motion component gets its own perfect pivot hardware
