awesome guy to have around. On Wed, Jun 8, 2022 at 12:07 AM 'Curt George' via Legacy Ornamental Mills <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Dan > > Coming form a former Drunken Sailor, and form a person who thought math was > BS. (while still in school.) > I can say that is a very wide range of useful talents to have. > You will (and have) become a very good member of the Group. ;-) > > C.A.G. > > On Tuesday, June 7, 2022, 12:33:54 PM EDT, 'Denson Ingram' via Legacy > Ornamental Mills <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Wow!!! What an interesting career Dan. > Denson > > Sent from Denson's iPhone > > On Jun 7, 2022, at 11:16 AM, Dan Krager <[email protected]> wrote: > > > What background? My career path would trouble a drunken sailor. Wanted to be > mechanical engineer. GF from NJ. Long story short, BS in math let me teach > math to 7-8th graders in NY's largest jr high located in Rockland county. > 2700 in just 7-8th grade. After four years I realized what the future of > teaching was, and it was not for me. During those years I had a lot of time > to do woodworking and it became known that I would build to order. Another > couple years bought the financially troubled shop, and turned it around while > working in the furniture factory on the first floor at night where the > non-english speaking Mexicans made dining room furniture (HIll Mfg). I've > never seen anyone upholster a seat as fast as those guys and gals could! They > had quotas and I helped them improve their processes to the extent their > quotas were being met with superior quality in about 1/2 the time. I made > arrangements w boss to close the shift when their quotas were met > satisfactorily and that earned me a LOT of friends. Never had to lock my > vehicle in that parking lot! When that dried up, woodworking still would not > support family of three in the area, so got a CDL and drove semi up and down > east coast for several years, still doing the woodworking in between trips. > Lots of stories, including deliveries downtown Manhattan with biggest semi NY > would allow, 48' trailer at the time. That will teach one a few things. > Moved back to Princeton IL hometown realizing a good potential custom > woodworking market. But still had to have auxiliary income, sooo: tool room > pattern hand engraver for Jostens, ANSI standard draftsman work at a drafting > company, drove for Deans Food packaged milk and ice cream deliveries to > grocery stores throughout IL, bookkeeping computer programmer for a machine > shop before CNC, 25 years of network engineering designing and maintaining > secure health system data, heavy equipment operator including fun things like > long stick lifting crane operator, concrete pump operator, bulldozer work, > telehandlers, etc. All the while doing custom woodworking projects > commercially in my one person shop. I'm tired just thinking about it. > DanK > > > On Monday, June 6, 2022 at 9:25:55 PM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: > > Wow you have my attention Dan. Very impressed. Excellent craftsmanship. > I'm understanding that you must have some true metal working experience. > You and Bill will have to start selling parts lol. > What back ground do you have Dan? > > Kind Regards, > > Timothy J. Ziegler > Ziegler WoodWork & Specialty > 14171 160th Ave. > Foreston MN 56330 > > 320-294-5798 shop > 320-630-2243 cell > > On Mon, Jun 6, 2022 at 4:31 PM Dan Krager <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Finished up this project today. Pretty stiff, but it will wear in quickly I > hope. I'm hoping it isn't too hard on the delrin bearing of the turntable. > May have to set up a "wearing in" jig and run it at high speeds for a while. > > On Saturday, June 4, 2022 at 1:38:02 PM UTC-4 Dan Krager wrote: > > We seem to be limited to one picture per post because of size. Is that > correct assumption? > > Progress on universal joints. 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