Neil Blackwood

Lakeland, FL *****

adhr12@r.postjobfree.com

863-***-****

Barrette Outdoor Living – Plant City FL, June 2019 to present.

Wire EDM Specialist, extrusion die shop.

Programming, setup and run Mitsubishi Wire EDMs. Prepped work to be run in the EDMs using manual

Mills, lathes and grinders as well as CNC mills.

Oscor Inc - Palm Harbor, FL June 2018 to May 2019

CNC Machinist /Programmer

In addition to using various manual machines, I ran Haas CNC mills using probes, programing with Mastercam from Solidworks. Work included creating complex parts in steel, aluminum and plastics. This work often required making special tooling and holding fixtures. Projects included assembly and test fixtures as well as making injection mold parts. I also gained an understanding of high speed, hard machining techniques.

Owner

Blackwood Knives - Lakeland, FL 2002 to January 2018

Lakeland FL. 2002-present. Self-employed involved in all aspects of the custom knife business including sales, marketing and doing trade shows. Skills involved included precise hand grinding; extensive use of custom designed and made fixturing as well as CAD design and CNC Milling. Much time was dedicated to developing new heat treat and finishing processes as well as developing new designs. My designs were also licensed out to production knife companies including Outdoor Edge, Benchmade and Boker for mass production. This involved working closely with their design and engineering departments to produce factory versions of my handmade custom knives.

Food Machinery Corporation - Lakeland, FL 1997 to 2002

Manufacturer of citrus processing equipment. I was involved with all aspects of work in the machine shop including designing and building tools and fixturing. I also set up and ran CNC lathes.

Manual Machinist

Controlex Corporation - North Salem, NY 1985 to 1996

Manufacturer of precision linear aircraft control systems. I worked in and supervised all aspects of the manufacturing process including overseeing the prototype, assembly and inspection departments.

machinist in their incredibly outfitted R&D shop

Philips Laboratories - Briarcliff Manor, NY 1981 to 1984

Work ranged from designing and making very small parts like lens holders to team work on very large fabrication projects. I also spent time working in clean room environments.

machinist making small, precision parts

Kern Instruments - Brewster, NY 1977 to 1981

for the companies line of surveying instruments and aerial photograph comparators. Hand finishing and strict attention to detail was highly stressed.

Education

Brewster High School

1977

2000 hour certificate in Machine shop.

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