Frank S

About Frank S

Biography:

I started designing and building things long before I can even remember.My first memory of making something was when I was 5 years old I had constructed a 3 dimensional model of a DC3 aircraft then gave it to my dentist because his son was a pilot on a DC3 that card board model hung in the dentist office until he retired. Skip ahead to age 11 I went to work as an apprentice in a blacksmith shop where I worked until I went into the Army at 17 where I became a Sapper then later an airborne ranger & long range recon specialist/ although was never deployed to combat then cross trained as a heavy vehicle mechanic. 6 years of the Army was enough for me to complete my BA. in engineering, after the Army I went to work at a place where I designed and built some oilfield drill rigs. in 82 I struck out on my own with a portable shop complete with a welding machine/ lathe Mill and all of the tools to go along with it. in 88 I bought 10% of an engineering and manufacturing company. That built automotive lifts among other things like freight elevators. in 93 that company was sold so I opened my own machine and fabrication shop which I ran until 2002 when I went to Kuwait for the 2nd time. the first time was in 91 for 3 months while the fires were still burning. my second time in Kuwait was to start a manufacturing division in a small company. During my 10 years there as the senior engineer we developed into a company with 7 divisions. now retired or as my wife calls it retarded. I am getting ready to build me a small man cave machine and fabrication shop of around 6000 sq ft

Location:

Peacock TX

Interests:

designing special tools and repairing or rebuilding older equipment as well as old truccks

Occupation:

Retired industrial Engineer

Homemade Tools Builder Page:

http://www.homemadetools.net/builder/Frank+S