Laughing Dog Industries Digital Fabricator Maker, Robotics
Laughing Dog Industries "Slow is Smooth, Smooth is Fast."
About Me.
Hello this is Dave Austin here. My major is Digital Maker, Fabricator and Robotics. Pretty simple and to the point, but there is more to me than this. I am a retired Staff Sargent in the United States Army I was in for 18 years before the army said you are to broken to be in the army and I became a disabled veteran of 100 percent (if you were to do normal math instead of VA math, I would be around 350 percent disabled.). If you want to talk with me, I prefer going with Dave and if you want to go by title I go by Staff Sargent, my retired rank.
I live in outside Ardmore Tennessee in the country. I love to build Models and create modified Models and dioramas for the models. I Love to read a lot. My Stepmother was a librarian and now my wife just got her master’s in library science. Reading is a part of my life and when I was overseas, I read a lot to get away from the environment I was in. I was a Mechanic in the army, and I love to fiddle around. I have a 1964 Massey Ferguson I love to tinker with and drive it around mowing my Pasture.
I am interested in making, fabricating a diesel engine that’s about 4 inches long to power systems with the power and torque of a diesel but in miniature. Small diesel engines to run a generator to power emergency systems or to provide power to a worksite.
Education
1995, 2010
Ft Leonard wood MO
2003-2004
Fire Science major
University of Alaska Anchorage
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2006 Fort Polk La
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2011-2013
Calcasieu Emergency Response Training Center
Ft Polk La, Rosepine LA
Basic training, Advance individual Training (62B Construction Equipment Repairer) Advance Leadership Course Phase II
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I was working toward a Fire Science degree which interested me very much. I was a certified Emergency Medical Technician
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BNCO Phase I (Basic NonCommisioned Officer)
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Firefighter 1, Jaws of life training. I became a certified Firefighter and emergency response team member
2014-2015
Plant and soil science Major
Columbia State Community College
2023-Present
Digital Maker Fabricator Major
Robotics Major
University of Advancing Technology
I briefly went to Columbia studying Plant and Soil Science until medical issues got in the way of my schooling.
I am currently working on my majors and i am on my Student Innovation Project (SIP)