The largest manufacturing department at Lyn-Tron is the Davenport department. Known around the shop as “Big D.” With over 25 machines in production, it is a daunting task to keep every machine in pristine working condition. For a task this challenging, Lyn-Tron hired a machinist with over 30 years of practical Davenport experience, Bill Reger.
Bill initially started his career in Arizona under the tutelage of another excellent machinist, Mike Thomas. Did we mention that Mike is the supervisor of the Davenport and Rotary Transfer departments here at Lyn-Tron? Lyn-Tron is dedicated to a superior product and excellent quality. In order to maintain this extremely high level of quality, it is necessary to remanufacture machines. This is often a time consuming process taking roughly 12 weeks to rebuild a Davenport machine from the ground up. It has to be noted that there is a difference between “rebuilt” and “fixed.” A “rebuilt” machine, pertaining to Davenports, might include; new bearings, cams, pumps, etc… As opposed to “fixed” which would pertain to addressing the issue that is the problem. In other words, fix what is broke. In Bill’s 6 years with Lyn-Tron he has rebuilt 7 Davenports to a quality that would be compared to an original machine manufactured years ago.
Standing 6′6″ Bill is a large man by societies standards. However, attention to detail and precision craftsmanship is not limited only to large Davenport machines. A treasure that found a home in the lobby of Lyn-Tron’s coroporate office is a watch lathe that Bill remanufactured in his spare time. This a fully function machine that is roughly the size of a small dog (review image below).
Keeping with Lyn-Tron’s vision of a superior product and excellent quality, we are honored to have a gem like Bill Reger. His knowledge has been able to keep our operating costs low which translates to lower costs for our customers.
