Technical Director for the Theatre Department Productions
Assistant Technical Director for the Performing Arts
Theatre Crafts Lab manager
Courses
Independent studies in areas such as welding and CAD have been
arranged by students wishing to go beyond the requirements of the
regular technical theatre curriculum.
Welding for Theatre Lab CRN 10171 Spring
2006 Syllabus
Education/Professional
BA Hope College class of '88
Member United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT)
Hobbies
I have enjoyed various interests over the years including
woodworking, metalworking and model engineering, collecting antique
engines and tractors, flying, music and reading. A current interest
is in a "sport" called geocaching (see www.geocaching.com).
Below are a few photos from some of these hobbies.
Cherry wood table made a number
of years ago. The wood used in this table is from one of several
trees saved from destruction. The trees were to be piled and burned
when some land was being cleared for agriculture back in the 1970's.
This was one of my first model engineering
projects, a 3/4" bore x 3/4" stroke vertical steam engine.
Rough castings from STUART MODELS were machined to fit together to
produce an operating engine.
This picture is from original advertising
materials for a Galloway gas engine from c. 1920 similar to one that
I restored in 1978. The flywheels are approxamately 36 inches in
diameter. It was rated at 7 HP.
Begun in 1983 or 1984 but only recently
completed is this freelance stationary steam engine which used a
few castings from STUART MODELS with the remainder being fabricated
from raw materials including brass, steel and wood. It has a 1-1/2" bore
and stroke.
This was my second model making
effort. A 3/4" bore x 3/4" stroke 4 cycle gas engine similar
to full size models that were used in the days before electricity
became widely available. Machined from rough castings and raw materials.
(Note the similarity to the advertising photo above of the Galloway.)
This is my current model engineering
project. Having had an interest in trains since childhood and later
getting interested in metal working and model engineering I decided
the ultimate project would be to make a model locomotive.
When (if?) finished it is large enough and has the power to
pull one or two adults on a riding car behind it.
I have finished the frame for the
tender (coal car) for the Pennsylvania A3 Switch engine. The next
step is the water tank and coal bin.
This is the nearly completed water
tank/coal bin which will sit on the above frame.
