I am John Leroy Chambers. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Educated in public schools there and at Auburn University. I am married and have 3 children. I am an Industrial Engineer by title, but by my job includes:

  • Environmental Management.
  • Industrial Hygene.
  • CAD and CAM management for manufacturing
  • Programming in Perl, Ruby, Lua, Quickbasic, G-Code, Bash, etc.
  • Computer hardware interfacing including machine tools and networking.
  • Assisting engineering in manufacturability issues.
  • Troubleshooting manufacturing and customer problems.
  • Traditional Industrial Engineering.

My main hobbies are:

  • Mapping (OSM)
  • Trail Maintenance
  • Hiking
  • Backpacking

My other hobbies, things I dabble in occasionally, include:

  • Knots
  • Tree climbing
  • Bird watching
  • Origami
  • Knife sharpening
  • Woodworking
  • Whittling
  • Sewing
  • Music (Folk Guitar, Tin whistle)
  • Photography

In my youth, I learned many skills in these fields, and use them on the side at times:

  • Plumbing
  • Carpentry
  • HVAC
  • Electrical
  • Electronics