Dan Stout Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 Hey everyone! I am Dan Stout. I am currently working as a Quality Engineer (QE) at a composite manufacturing company. I have worked in composites for about 9 years and have been in quality for about 10 years (~8 years as a QE). Despite working around composites for many years, I never attempted building my own parts until about a year ago. When I first started in composites I was a technician, but instead of building parts I was truing carbon fiber bicycle wheels (thus no hands on molding, etc. experience). After truing wheels, I moved into a quality inspector role. Eventually I went back to school and got an engineering degree, I have worked as a QE ever since! Looking back, I wish I had gotten hands on experience actually manufacturing composite parts. I have been around lots of cool processes: roll wrapping, filament winding, bladder molding, triaxial braiding, RTM, VARTM, hand layup, etc. If only I had started back when I first got into composite, imagine what I could be building now! But alas, I am doing it now. I wonder what I will be able to build in my garage 10 years from now... My first time getting my hands dirty in composite was at a community college night course taught by the legendary composite guru @John Kimball!! This is where my passion to hand make my own parts began. I highly recommend the class! Enough rambling for now... I'm excited to meet everyone and bounce ideas off of each other as I work to improve my skills! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kimball Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 Please! I’m blushing. And keep at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Kim Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 Hi Dan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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