Scott Vogel Joins Symmetrix Composite Tooling Team
Please join us in welcoming Scott Vogel to the Symmetrix team. “Scotty joins the Symmetrix team at an important time in the company’s growth,” says John Barnitt, President of Symmetrix Composite Tooling. “His deep understanding of composite materials and tooling design, along with his business and project management skills, will...
Trade Show Season Is Here
The International Boatbuilders' Exhibition & Conference (IBEX) will be in Tampa from September 19-21. John Barnitt, Sean Lane, and Clare Evans will be in Booth 848 in the composites pavilion. The Composites and Advanced Materials Expo (CAMX) will be in Orlando from December 11 -...
Piaggio Fast Forward and the Gita
Sometimes we know what we're shaping - a boat deck, a big surfboard, a massive wind turbine blade - and sometimes we don't. Normally, when that is the case, it's because of confidentiality issues. But when Piaggio Fast Forward contacted us about an autonomous "intelligent and nimble cargo vehicle",...
Symmetrix Appoints New General Manager
Please join us in congratulating Clare Evans on her promotion to general manager of Symmetrix Composite Tooling. Clare has been with Symmetrix since 2013 in the role of business development, focusing on sales & marketing, giving her a complete understanding of our customers and their needs, as well as our...
MJM 35z Tooling Nears Completion
In June of 2016, Symmetrix starting crafting tooling for MJM Yachts. Designed by Zurn Yacht Design and to be built by Boston Boatworks, the MJM35z will be a "better performing outboard" built using a wet prepreg, post cure epoxy composite structure. What Symmetrix saw was a complex project...
Symmetrix Awarded Workplace Apprenticeship Grant
Symmetrix Composite Tooling was awarded the Non-Traditional Apprenticeship Development Grant by the Governor's Workforce Board of Rhode Island. With the help of Apprenticeship Rhode Island, Symmetrix is designing an in-house workplace development program that will include both in-house and off-site instruction. As the grant outlined, "considered to be outside of...
The New Guy: Steve Dennis
Please help us in welcoming Steve Dennis to the team of Symmetrix Composite Tooling as Shop Manager. Steve has spent a lifetime behind the tools at various boatbuilders around Rhode Island. He comes to us with a vast experience of fiberglass work and a strong, authoritative tone. He has quickly...
Catch the Wave – The Biggest Board
The World's Largest Surfboard is also our Most Documented Project. Management took a trip out west in January for the premier of this documentary. Reports are that "I've never looked better or sounded more intelligent." If that's not a reason to keep an eye out for the release, I don't know...
These are a few of our favorite things: Composite Architectural Surface
When Symmetrix Composite Tooling shapes a job, it eventually takes a recognizable shape. It could be the deck of a boat, or the root end of a wind turbine, or maybe the inverse of bus body, but eventually, it’s a recognizable carved shape. One of the more interesting jobs this year, a fiberglass architectural...
These are a few of our favorite things: Direct to Mold
Limited use tooling or (DTM) by-passes the pattern and plug making steps of composite construction by machining the mold side of the surface to support direct composite part making. This is done, for instance, to cut valuable time out of a limited run program or facilitate a prototyping initiative. Symmetrix...