Welding Fabricator

EXPERIENCE

Hangar Design Studios

Lead Fabricator September 2019 - March 2020

Skills and duties

• Running multiple operation, setting up jigs on a mill and lathe for optimal production

• Improving and simplifying manufacturing on existing products

• Rolling custom size near perfect round frames for mirrors

• Seamless TIG welding brass lighting fixtures frames/tables

Apparatus, New York, New York

Senior Machinist June 2016- April 2019

Skills and duties

• Set up's for drilling various canopy's

• Cutting and treading drops for desired fixture high

• Assembly and dry fit of lighting fixtures

• Wiring assembly and components

Filling equipment co., inc. College point, New York

Fabricator October 2014-may 2016

Skills and Duties

• Fabricating main machine frames (cutting and TIG welding according to the blueprints)

• Machine & Conveyor assembly

• Wiring the control box and the machine (installing sensors, motors, belts)

• Testing the machines for the desired fill time and volume

Chameleon Fine Lighting, Long Island City, New York

Chief Fabricator 2010-May 2014

Skills and Duties

• Fabricating lighting fixtures/assembly according to UL specifications

• Wiring all types of lighting fixtures (using correct wire gauge and ground wire)

• Making cups/backplates/crossbars/arms. (using lathe and mill)

• Duplicating identical antique lighting fixture

• Silver soldering damaged arms etc.

• Using a tap and die

• Maintaining records and inventory

Eric Chapeau Antiques and Design, Hoboken, NJ

Craftsman 2007 – 2010

Refinishing Furniture

• Disassembling the furniture

• Stripping the original finish

• Prepping & fine sanding the pieces for new finish

• Repairing or replacing damaged areas on antique furniture

Manufacturing Furniture and Finishing

• Fabricating needed sizes of wood for assembly (using shaper and jointer)

• Fabricating veneer (using special bend saw and sanding machine)

• Working with Formica (gluing and using routers)

• Fabricating butterfly's for table tops

• Laying down polyurethane on table tops (fine sanding and waxing)

Metal Work

• Manufacturing steel/brass tables and table bases/legs (using lathe and milling machines welding and silver soldering to achieve desired size and shape.

• Preparing parts for finishing (fine sanding compounding and polishing)

• Turning leg finials

EDUCATION

Franklin D, Roosevelt High School, New York, 2006

SKILLS SUMMARY

Manual Milling Machine

• Using end and face mills

• Rotary and tilt tables

Manual Lathe Machine

• Boring

• Grooving

• Threading on lathe

• Machining tolerances of .001

Welding

• ARK

• TIG (steel and brass)

• MIG

• Silver Soldering

Maintaining equipment and machines

• Making sure bits stay sharp

• Changing band saw blades

• Lubing and changing oil in machine gears

HOBBIES

Downhill mountain biking

• Designed and build custom bike frame

• Building spoke bicycle wheel

• Machined derailleur hanger

Autocross and building cars

• Converted an automatic car to a stick shift

• Rebuild engines

• Rebuild transmission (installed new synchros)

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