[M0n:757]Post by 5KidsRacing on Apr 18, 2011 8:46:11 GMT -6
My name is Scott and I am a Pinewood Addict…
If you chose to do so you can read about my pinewood addiction by clicking the “5KidsRacing” link at the bottom of the page. Other than the pinewood stuff I am a I am a Project Manager at one of the only companies in the USA that still manufactures high tonnage hydraulic presses. I started as a Hydraulic Engineer then Mechanical Engineer and then to the position of Project Manager. I have designed presses up to 8000 tons (16,000,000 lbs.) and have die spaces that would hold a small house. Our presses manufacture things that you probably use or see every day; Boeing inside panels and frame components, Kohler tubs and sinks, Therma-Tru/Masonite doors, hundreds of automotive parts, Nichiha cement board siding and Allvac Titanium manufacturing equipment to name few of my recent projects. After finishing college the job market sucked so I renovated Ponderosa restaurants all over the Midwest for a year. I enjoy carpentry and renovations but I don’t think my body or marriage could take it as a career. As my name suggest I have five kids, 11,9,7,3 & almost 2, so I am pretty busy all the time. The only time I work on derby stuff is from maybe 10pm until I pass out. I live on the Iowa/Illinois border so some of my Summer free time is on the Mississippi River. I enjoy boating, water skiing, kneeboarding, riding waverunners, and camping. Over the past year I have had the opportunity to communicate with many great people in the pinewood derby community and I look forward to meeting more. Due to my website this year I have had the pleasure of helping no less than 30 racers all over the USA and Canada to victory! When I look back I can’t believe how I got from a guy a couple years ago trying to help his Son build a car to just cross the finish line and not embarrass him to where I am now. I have worked very hard to get where I am at and I have a long, long way to go...........
If you chose to do so you can read about my pinewood addiction by clicking the “5KidsRacing” link at the bottom of the page. Other than the pinewood stuff I am a I am a Project Manager at one of the only companies in the USA that still manufactures high tonnage hydraulic presses. I started as a Hydraulic Engineer then Mechanical Engineer and then to the position of Project Manager. I have designed presses up to 8000 tons (16,000,000 lbs.) and have die spaces that would hold a small house. Our presses manufacture things that you probably use or see every day; Boeing inside panels and frame components, Kohler tubs and sinks, Therma-Tru/Masonite doors, hundreds of automotive parts, Nichiha cement board siding and Allvac Titanium manufacturing equipment to name few of my recent projects. After finishing college the job market sucked so I renovated Ponderosa restaurants all over the Midwest for a year. I enjoy carpentry and renovations but I don’t think my body or marriage could take it as a career. As my name suggest I have five kids, 11,9,7,3 & almost 2, so I am pretty busy all the time. The only time I work on derby stuff is from maybe 10pm until I pass out. I live on the Iowa/Illinois border so some of my Summer free time is on the Mississippi River. I enjoy boating, water skiing, kneeboarding, riding waverunners, and camping. Over the past year I have had the opportunity to communicate with many great people in the pinewood derby community and I look forward to meeting more. Due to my website this year I have had the pleasure of helping no less than 30 racers all over the USA and Canada to victory! When I look back I can’t believe how I got from a guy a couple years ago trying to help his Son build a car to just cross the finish line and not embarrass him to where I am now. I have worked very hard to get where I am at and I have a long, long way to go...........
