Customer Service Years Experience

Christopher L Loftin

P.O.Box ***

Doyline, LA ***23

Phone: 318-***-****

********@*****.***

Objective

Tool & Die Maker, CNC Machinist

Skills & Abilities

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18 years E.D.M machining experience

18 years CNC milling experience

Designing Tooling with MasterCam/CadKey

15 years experience on AggieCUT 100 traveling wire E.D.M

18 years experience fine detail Tig Welding stainless, Toolsteels, Aluminum Brass, Copper, and

Bronze

CNC Machinist Skills Summary

Measure dimensions of finished work pieces to ensure conformance to specifications, using

precision measuring instruments, templates, and fixtures

Remove and replace dull cutting tools

Mount, install, align, and secure tools, attachments, fixtures, and work pieces on machines, using

hand tools and precision measuring instruments

Listen to machines during operation to detect sounds such as those made by dull cutting tools or

excessive vibration and adjust machines to compensate for problems

Adjust machine feed and speed, change cutting tools, or adjust machine controls when automatic

programming is faulty or if machines malfunction

Stop machines to remove finished work pieces or to change tooling, setup, or work piece

placement, according to required machining sequences

Lift work pieces to machines manually or with hoists or cranes

Modify cutting programs to account for problems encountered during operation and save modified

programs

Calculate machine speed and feed ratios and the size and position of cuts

Insert control instructions into machine control units to start operation

Tool & Die Maker Skills Summary

Verify dimensions, alignments, and clearances of finished parts for conformance to specifications,

using measuring instruments such as calipers, gauge blocks, micrometers, and dial indicators

Study blueprints, sketches, models, or specifications to plan sequences of operations for fabricating

tools, dies, or assemblies

Set up and operate conventional or computer numerically controlled machine tools such as lathes,

milling machines, and grinders to cut, bore, grind, or otherwise shape parts to prescribed

dimensions and finishes

Visualize and compute dimensions, sizes, shapes, and tolerances of assemblies, based on

specifications

Inspect finished dies for smoothness, contour conformity, and defects

Fit and assemble parts to make, repair, or modify dies, jigs, gauges, and tools, using machine tools

and hand tools

Conduct test runs with completed tools or dies to ensure that parts meet specifications, making

adjustments as necessary

Select metals to be used from a range of metals and alloys, based on properties such as hardness

and heat tolerance

File, grind, shim, and adjust different parts to properly fit them together

Lift, position, and secure machined parts on surface plates or worktables, using hoists, vises, v-

blocks, or angle plates

Employment History

CNC Machinist

02/2009 - 01/2013 CSM Services Inc Bossier City, LA

Program and operate Hass VF3 milling machine.

Programed and made electrodes for a Charmillies D20 Sinker E.D.M.

Programed and operated an Aggie Cut 200. Wire E.D.M.

Oversew the day to day needs of 3 operators

Tooling Engineer

05/2008 - 10/2009 Raytech Industries Inc Bossier City, LA

Oversaw day to day production and tooling

Tool Maker

02/2004 - 10/2006 Cad Wire E.D.M. Shreveport, LA

Maintain & Operate two traveling wired E.D.M's

Prepare material for machine operations Customer Service

Tool Maker

07/2003 - 12/2004 Southern Die Mold Shreveport, LA

New tool construction

Tool Maker

08/2002 - 04/2003 W.M.W. Minden, LA

Supervise modifications and repair of stamping dies

Tooling Supervisor

05/1995 - 05/2002 Custom Tool and Die Sibley, LA

Machine precision parts, supervise operations

Design and facilitate new tooling and repair of Injection Molds

Operate & maintain 4 sinker E.D.M. machines, and 1 Aggiecut100 wire E.D.M.

Troubleshoot and implement New Product

Supervised 6 toolmakers in production of New Tooling

Lead Toolmaker/Machinist

01/1991 - 05/1995 Engineered Products Inc Bossier City, LA

Service and Repair of over 500 injection molds

Revise and Modify tooling bought overseas for customers, including Poulan Weedeater and

Lucent Technologies

Apprentice Toolmaker/Machinist

01/1987 - 01/1991 Accu-Tech Mold & Die Shreveport, LA

Machining core, cavity Blocks, and Mold Bases for injection molds

Education

Issuing Institution Location Qualification Course of Study

LA Technical College Shreveport, 2 Years of College or a Technical or Industrial Machine

LA Vocational School Shop

Bossier Parish Community Bossier 2 Years of College or a Technical or General Studies

College City, LA Vocational School

Caddo Career Center Shreveport, 2 Years of College or a Technical or Industrial Machine

LA Vocational School Shop

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