Mark Brunko

• First 9 or 10 months I ran two horizontal mills and a broach machining drawbar supports on one mill and lift arms on the other mill which also got broached after machining. Ran 4 or 5 different lift arms where we did our own changeovers according to the schedule of parts needed, swapping out pallet fixtures and running the correct program for the fixtures loaded. Pin stamped lift arms and deburred all parts before shipping them out. Kept accurate inventory and part count as well as non confirming material. Changed inserts and tooling as needed or as tools wore down keeping tight tolerances, gauging and measuring parts with go/no go gauges, box gauges, micrometers, calipers and thread gauges. Clean and maintain work area and inside of machines emptying chip tubs as needed, noting any issues so the next shift was aware of any problems. Then transferred to welding on the cab line. Passed Weld certification and loaded parts into cab marriage fixture to be welded by the robot. Built corner posts while marriage was welding to have ready for the next cab in the lineup. Used hoists to safely transfer complete cab out of the fixture and on to the next station on the production line. Weld tip changes, fix common issues like burn back and restart weld process when the machine would fault out for various reasons and light machine maintenance.

Removing excess sand from raw castings on production line in a steel shot blast booth. Adhering to safety practices using proper PPE. I voluntarily quit this position to be rehired in a different building just after my father passed away, as he was a foundry retiree himself. Didn't leave the position because of the job itself or type of work, it just brought up too many memories for me at the time.

• I worked in supplier quality processing parts by inspecting, sorting,counting, repackaging, or reworking parts from various vendors for a variety of reasons, percent work instructions.
• I kept track of the parts I processed and documented those parts in the system for inventory and other purposes and to create move tickets for completed orders to be delivered to the line or placed in a storage location. I worked 3rd shift by myself the whole time I was there and it was always on site at JD Engine Works.

• Welding, cutting and fabricating parts for sweepers and assembling sweepers

• I would tear down garbage cans and separate the metal so the plastic could be bailed and shipped out to recycle
• Also some Maintenance duties

• Clean and maintain cnc machines
• Drill and tap parts
• Assemble patterns and fixtures
• Cut metal to length to be machined on Mills and or lathes
• Built core boxes for JD foundry

• Operate various CNC machines, light machine maintenance, forklift driving and hoist operations

• I ran the swing grinder removing gates, parting lines and other excess metal and sand from castings used to build JD tractors
• I eventually became an inspector on the wheel and wheel weight lines as well

• I would hang parts on the line for paint and unload the parts once painted
• I also filled in when needed doing quality control and masking of parts before paint