Dana Carpenter
***** ***** ***. ** ******, CA
Cell Phone 714-***-****
e-mail: *-*****@**********.***
Objective
To obtain a position where I may utilize my training and past work experience and have an opportunity for advancement
Experience & Training
ARROWHEAD PRODUCTS Los Alamitos CA
Nov. 2012-Jan. 2017 Plastic tool technician
My Duties included, importing Step files of 3D Rhino Cad files to a 3D router and programming the Models to fit the cutting planes of the router Cut and Shape the model to model. Prep the wood or High Temp foam pattern. For producing a soft tool wet layup. Most often these molds were made from room temp resin. Occasionally made to carbon fiber materials and vacuum bagged, cured in an oven or an auto-clave. having to produce a wide variety to tooling for trim gauges, holding fixtures, saw fixtures, drill plates and router fixtures. Used all manner of shop tools Lathes, Mills, Table saws and grinders often worked to engineering drawings or sketch and shop aids. ADVANCED MACHINE STRETCHFORM.INC Gardena, CA
March 2005-May 2012
Composite Laminator and tool fabricator
I manufactured and repaired large and small fiber glass setback router jigs made concrete and metallic stretch dies for aircraft skins. Often, we would have to produce new tools from old media. Making a plaster and hemp reinforced splash to replicate the existing tooling. Changing mold line and trim, hole locates. Often made very large scale Chemical milling templates for aerospace /aircraft skins. Sometimes we made Carbon fiber tools for high temp. applications
ADVANCED AERODYNAMIC & STRUCTURES INC .LONG BEACH, CA Composite Tool Fabricator
Oct2000-Jan 2002
Produced Fiberglass and Composite Tooling for a Composite Jet Aircraft THE BOEING COMPANY (MCDONELL DOUGLAS CORP Huntington Beach, CA Plaster Pattern Maker
Feb 1986-Aug 2000
Fabricated Fiberglass and Composite Tools, Plaster patterns, Template Set ups Plaster Sweeps, for the use of mfg. of aircraft, missile and rockets. Prepared parts and tooling for bagging, peel ply, breather materials, thermocouples vacuum leak check layout and trim.