I am re-posting this, and hopefully looking for a position for summer of 2015
Let me introduce myself here first. I am currently technically a sophomore/junior attending Virginia Tech hoping to earn a degree in Mechanical Engineering and Physics. This past summer I was fortunate enough to work in Richmond VA at the Paper Mill Bear Island, where I worked under their ME doing some smaller stuff, some drawings in solidworks, autocad, etc. I was also taught how to weld for approximately 3 days (I am no expert, but really enjoy doing it and would love to practice more), along with being fortunate enough to use their milling machine and lathe a few times, making smaller brackets and such. I am by no means a machinist, but I do hope to learn as much as I can. I used to own a few machines, specifically a Gorton I-22 mill, hardinge dsm-59 lathe, Victor 1640 lathe, a belt sander and some other misc. smaller machines. I currently own a Tormach PCNC 1100. I work when I can on them, building the occasional part for my family, or even a paintball part for fun. I do not do this for business, it is more a hobby that one day I would like to turn into a business.
I took a semester off to do a Co-op, working for Middle River Aircraft systems (GE Aviation) as an ME Intern. I have learned that a desk job is not something that I would like. I am a hands-on guy, and sitting behind a screen all day is not appealing to me. This job will end in December, running from August-December 2013. I again interned for GE Aviation last Summer 2014, it was definitely better than my previous, I was at a manufacturing plant and on my feet most of the day, but would like to diversify a little bit.
Why do I say I am a sophomore/junior? I have only had one year of classes at Virginia Tech, but between summer courses and transfer credits, I have about 60-65 credits completed, so that technically makes me a junior. I was also fortunate enough to do undergraduate research in the physics dept., but that turned out to be more coding than I liked, and as I said I am a hands on person.
My spare time at school was spent in one of their machine shops. I was not able to use the machines due to safety reasons, but I was able to watch and learn. I have gotten to know the three machinists in this shop very well and plan to visit again in the Spring semester. I got to watch both production and prototype work. They have Prototrak machines, a prototrak lathe, hardinge lathe, and some other misc. tools. They are a wealth of knowledge and I was fortunate enough to be able to watch and learn.
As I have said I am no machinist, but I do aspire to be one. I would like to learn CNC programming, and spend much more time on the manual machines. I have no problem working 80 hours a week if it means I get to learn, as this is something that I truly do love and enjoy. I wouldn't mind sweeping floors and cleaning the machines, if it meant I got to learn. I love to learn and I figure working in a machine shop would be a great start .
Now what would be my ideal position? I would like to help with the design of parts (that is what I am doing currently at GE), maybe helping trying to minimize cycle times, I would even button push and deburr if that was needed for that job. I do what to contribute, maybe merging the machining and egineering aspects of things
My email is abeshipATVT.edu, and I look forward to hearing from you! My resume is at this link on my website here, it is still under development so don't judge me too harshly! I hope to have the site completed by end of thanksgiving week.
Resume | Abraham Shipley: E-portfolio/Shop
Let me introduce myself here first. I am currently technically a sophomore/junior attending Virginia Tech hoping to earn a degree in Mechanical Engineering and Physics. This past summer I was fortunate enough to work in Richmond VA at the Paper Mill Bear Island, where I worked under their ME doing some smaller stuff, some drawings in solidworks, autocad, etc. I was also taught how to weld for approximately 3 days (I am no expert, but really enjoy doing it and would love to practice more), along with being fortunate enough to use their milling machine and lathe a few times, making smaller brackets and such. I am by no means a machinist, but I do hope to learn as much as I can. I used to own a few machines, specifically a Gorton I-22 mill, hardinge dsm-59 lathe, Victor 1640 lathe, a belt sander and some other misc. smaller machines. I currently own a Tormach PCNC 1100. I work when I can on them, building the occasional part for my family, or even a paintball part for fun. I do not do this for business, it is more a hobby that one day I would like to turn into a business.
I took a semester off to do a Co-op, working for Middle River Aircraft systems (GE Aviation) as an ME Intern. I have learned that a desk job is not something that I would like. I am a hands-on guy, and sitting behind a screen all day is not appealing to me. This job will end in December, running from August-December 2013. I again interned for GE Aviation last Summer 2014, it was definitely better than my previous, I was at a manufacturing plant and on my feet most of the day, but would like to diversify a little bit.
Why do I say I am a sophomore/junior? I have only had one year of classes at Virginia Tech, but between summer courses and transfer credits, I have about 60-65 credits completed, so that technically makes me a junior. I was also fortunate enough to do undergraduate research in the physics dept., but that turned out to be more coding than I liked, and as I said I am a hands on person.
My spare time at school was spent in one of their machine shops. I was not able to use the machines due to safety reasons, but I was able to watch and learn. I have gotten to know the three machinists in this shop very well and plan to visit again in the Spring semester. I got to watch both production and prototype work. They have Prototrak machines, a prototrak lathe, hardinge lathe, and some other misc. tools. They are a wealth of knowledge and I was fortunate enough to be able to watch and learn.
As I have said I am no machinist, but I do aspire to be one. I would like to learn CNC programming, and spend much more time on the manual machines. I have no problem working 80 hours a week if it means I get to learn, as this is something that I truly do love and enjoy. I wouldn't mind sweeping floors and cleaning the machines, if it meant I got to learn. I love to learn and I figure working in a machine shop would be a great start .
Now what would be my ideal position? I would like to help with the design of parts (that is what I am doing currently at GE), maybe helping trying to minimize cycle times, I would even button push and deburr if that was needed for that job. I do what to contribute, maybe merging the machining and egineering aspects of things
My email is abeshipATVT.edu, and I look forward to hearing from you! My resume is at this link on my website here, it is still under development so don't judge me too harshly! I hope to have the site completed by end of thanksgiving week.
Resume | Abraham Shipley: E-portfolio/Shop