Tool & Die Maker
14854

Industry: Stamping dies, plastic injection molds, and die cast dies

Resides: Arkansas

Salary: Open

Relocate: Yes

On the Market: Declining business


I am a journeyman Tool & Die Maker with 26 years experience. I build, maintain, and make replacement parts for punch press dies. I have worked with dies that range in size from a 30 ton punch press to a 1500 ton punch press. I have maintained and made engineering changes on plastic injection molds (hot runner) for presses to 2500 ton. I spent 5 years at Timex building precision die cast watch molds.

OBJECTIVE
My career objective is to continue to build and maintain punch press dies and any production tooling necessary, and train less experienced employees to become Tool & Die Makers.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Employer:
Title: Machinist
Location: AR
Duration: 04/2002  -  Present
Job Duties: sharpen and changeover rollforming punch units, make replacement parts, and sharpen tube mill dies.

Employer:
Title: Tool & Die Maker
Location: AR
Duration: 06/1999  -  04/2002
Job Duties: Build and maintain punch press dies, build welding fixtures, drill jigs, make replacement parts for maintainance department, and keep the plant running on midnight shift.

Employer: Timex Inc.
Title: Tool & Die Maker/Moldmaker
Location: Little Rock, AR
Duration: 10/1993  -  06/1998
Job Duties: Build, repair, and rebuild die cast watch bezel molds. the last year I setup and operated a CNC Machining center, writing most of the two dimensional programs at the machine.

Employer: Dwyer Instruments Inc.
Title: Tool & Die Maintainance Technician
Location: Michigan City, IN
Duration: 11/1987  -  05/1993
Job Duties: Build and maintain stamping dies until 1990, when we set up a Die Cast operation, then I maintained the Die Cast dies and all equipment.

Employer: Michigan City Plastics Inc.
Title: Toolmaker
Location: Michigan City, IN
Duration: 04/1985  -  08/1987
Job Duties: Repair and maintain plastic injection molds and production tooling.

Employer: Waterford Tool & Die Inc.
Title: Apprentice Tool & Die Maker
Location: Michigan City, IN
Duration: 09/1976  -  02/1984
Job Duties: Served an 8 year apprenticeship learning to build and repair punch press dies and production tooling in a Job Shop.


EDUCATION

Major: General
School: Elston Senior High School
Location: IN
Degree: High School Diploma
Completion Date: 01/1966

SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Sets up and operates machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, and grinders, to machine parts.
Fits and assembles parts, using bolts, glue, and other fasteners, and hand tools, such as hammers and wrenches.
Verifies dimensions, alignments, and clearances of finished parts, using measuring instruments, such as calipers, gauge blocks, micrometers, and dial indicators.
Fixing, servicing, aligning, setting up, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles.
Repairs or modifies tools and dies, using machine tools and hand tools.

OTHER INFORMATION
I have 25 years experience as a Tool & Die Maker working with stamping dies, plastic injection molds, and die cast dies. I have been responsible for the operation of the Tool Room since December 2000. We are now down to a one man Tool Room and 36 hours a week starting 11-5-01. I am a disabled Viet Nam Veteran drawing 40 percent disability, which does not affect my work performance or ability.

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