Ethan Spalding
Campbellsville,KY
Summary
Highly motivated, hard working and experienced tool maker/machinist, with perfect attendance since 2018 and counting. Seeking a day shift position with comparable salary/benefits to current employment.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Tool and Die Consultant
Helion Group
04.2024 - Current
- Training of apprentices and entry level tool makers.
- Machining, TIG/MIG welding, spotting in, hand grinding, surface grinding, heat treating, milling, and lathe work, to repair and modify, and complete ECI changes to dies.
- Trouble shooting various issues with dies to repair in the press or in the shop.
- Press line coverage to attempt to repair dies in line for continuous operation of dies.
- Working as a team to get dies completed in a timely manner when needed to meet shipping requirements for parts.
Team Leader - Tool and Die Maintenance
Toyotomi America
07.2016 - 04.2024
- Repair, modification, engineering changes, and PMs of stamping dies and hem dies.
- Includes use of mills, lathes, MIG and TIG welding, radial arm drills, drill presses, surface grinders, hand grinders, heat treat ovens, flex arms.
- Use spotting press for various operations, such as trim line changes/repair, spotting draw dies, and checking repairs.
- Overhead crane and fork lift certified.
- Diagnose die issues in line, attempt to repair in line if possible, create work orders and collect quality sample and/or process panels if needed.
- Team Leader responsibilities include team member safety, assigning jobs, coordinating team efforts when needed, making calls on die repairs, ensuring dead lines are met on projects and hot jobs, sending and receiving passdowns between shifts/departments via Microsoft Excel/Office, and make sure all paperwork/work orders are completed.
- CPR/First Aid certified, 3rd shift 1st responder.
- Have had perfect attendance since 2018.
Machinist
Curtis Maruyasu
04.2015 - 07.2016
- Setup, program, and ran CNC mills, CNC lathes, manual and CNC surface grinders to tolerances down to +0, -.0004" on both size and squareness, with high surface finish tolerances, including "end-form" dies.
- Heat treated and drew back parts to HRC tolerances.
- Make fixtures for various setups.
- Provided support for production lines, which included hot jobs to make or repair damaged parts for machinery to get the lines running again.
- Make and assemble various machines/tooling for production, such as leak testers and brake line benders.
Tool and Die Maker
Portland Forge ATI
10.2014 - 04.2015
- Used both manual and CNC mills and lathes, sinker EDMs, MIG and TIG welders, and blancher grinders to make forging dies, die inserts, trim steels, punches, and various tooling/parts for the forging lines.
- Fork lift and overhead crane certified.
- Polished dies to smooth finish to prevent forged parts from sticking in dies.
- Welded and repaired trim steels and dies when needed.
Machinist
AA Machine
03.2012 - 10.2014
- Used manual and CNC mills and lathes, surface grinders, a honing machine to make parts to tolerances as low as .0003".
- Used fork lifts and overhead cranes.
- Made prints for parts that needed to be repaired or remade for customers.
- Repaired various tooling customers sent in.
- Heat treated parts to HRC tolerances.
- Made fixtures for various setups.
Machinist II
AAR
02.2011 - 03.2012
- Setup, occasional programming, and operation of CNC mills/lathes and surface grinders to make parts to spec.
- Setup mills/lathes and change inserts/touch off tools for production team members.
- Operation of fork lifts and cranes.
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Computerized Manufacturing (Machine Tool)
Elizabethtown Community And Technical College
Springfield, KY05.2012
Skills
- Manual and CNC Mills, lathes, surface grinders, wire and sinker EDMs, blancher grinders, radial arm drills, drills presses, flex arms, heat treat ovens
- TIG/MIG welding/fabrication
- CAD/CAM experience
- Fork lift and overhead crane certified
- CPR/First Aid certified
- Team Leader experience
- Microsoft Office/Excel and typing experience
- Experience with stamping dies, hem dies, forging dies, and tube end form dies
Timeline
Tool and Die Consultant
Helion Group
04.2024 - Current
Team Leader - Tool and Die Maintenance
Toyotomi America
07.2016 - 04.2024
Machinist
Curtis Maruyasu
04.2015 - 07.2016
Tool and Die Maker
Portland Forge ATI
10.2014 - 04.2015
Machinist
AA Machine
03.2012 - 10.2014
Machinist II
AAR
02.2011 - 03.2012
Associate of Applied Science - Computerized Manufacturing (Machine Tool)
Elizabethtown Community And Technical College
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