Peter Brown Journeyman Machinist, Educator, Sculptor Laney College Machine Technology Dept. 510-464-3444 [email protected] (H)510-261-2524 ([email protected]) Employment History

 8/2006 – present; Instructor, Laney College Machine Technology Dept., Oakland CA  1979-82 – Allied Engineering & Production Co., Alameda CA  1971-79 – Caterpillar Tractor Co., San Leandro CA  1970- 2006 (not machinist related) Classical Ballet dancer, teacher, choreographer, administrator; Orches Dance Company, Jane Brown & Company the Art of Dance.  Sculptor; Large & small geometric forms, using manual machine tools. Foucault pendulums

Training

1971 – 1979; Caterpillar Tractor Co., San Leandro, CA, 1971 – 1975 Machinist Apprenticeship, tool- room journeyman. In addition to tool room machining work, assigned as trainer, teaching operation of specific machines, achievement of specified accuracy in particular operations, fundamentals of machining.

Included in Caterpillar apprenticeship; Tool room machinery; Drill presses all sizes Engine lathes to 28” swing Milling machines Bridgeport universal mill Cincinnati and other horizontal knee mills Cincinnati horizontal boring mills Shapers, Planers Surface grinders; reciprocating & Blanchard types Cylindrical grinders, O.D. & internal Cincinnati tool & cutter grinder

Production machinery; Warner-Swasey Turret lathes to 22” swing Radial drill press Multi-spindle drills Acme-Gridley automatic screw machines to 8” bar size Norton & Cincinnati cam grinders Cincinnati centerless grinders Blanchard vertical surface grinders to 48” table Norton cylindrical grinders Surface & cylindrical lapping machines Cincinnati & other duplex/triplex production milling machines Vibration parts feeders/orienters

Trained in; Machinery design Machine repair & maintenance Training other workers Inspection Tool & cutter grinding Forklift operation; certification current Heat treatment & metallurgy

1979-1982; Allied Engineering & Production Co., Alameda CA, Engine lathes to 36” swing x 12’ bed Vertical boring mill 36” swing Shibaura & Toshiba horizontal boring mills to 6” quill diam., 72” table width Vertical shaper Industrial rigging

2004-present; CAD – SolidWorks CAD/CAM-MasterCam CNC programming, setup, operation  Chevalier 20X40 VMC Fanuc controller  Haas VF2 VMC  Haas SL10 Turning Center

Teaching

2006-present; Instructor, Laney College Machine Technology

 Manual machine tool instruction, beginning to advanced, including blueprint reading, math, precision measurement, project planning, cutting tool geometry & grinding, drill press, bench grinder, surface grinder, engine lathe, vertical & horizontal mill, heat treatment.

 CAD/CAM w/MasterCam, CNC programming, setup & operation

 “Intro to Manufacturing Techniques” for High School students; afterschool program targeting students in continuation & alternative schools. Based on ShopRat program. Machining, welding, assembly of electric-powered “Wheelie Car” by high school students. http://www.shoprat.org/whatsnew.php?id=182

 Lead faculty, summer intensive “iDesign-M” introduction to manufacturing techniques programfor high school students. Designed project & machine shop program, working with iDesign Director Mark Martin, PhD., CACT CTE Hub Director & Louis Quindlen, Dept. Chair. Students design, plan & machine 1/24 scale model cars from solid aluminum, using manual lathes & mills, CNC mill centers. http://www.insidebayarea.com/ci_18492947

 Career Advancement Academy Industrial Maintenance Certificate Program; contextualized education training unemployed/undereducated students for careers in IM. Machine tech, teamed w/math & English instructors, coordinating with welding, electricity instructors. http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/east_bay&id=8323206

 Deeply involved since 2005 in restoring, upgrading and developing facility, equipment and program of Laney Machine Technology Dept. Also deeply involved in campus life, including faculty committees (President’s Speaker’s Bureau Committee), assistance to ASLC student government, making and repairing Laney equipment for various departments (Maintenance Engineering, Chemistry, Wood Technology, Carpentry, Welding, Writing Lab, Physics, ECT, others)