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Carl Lammlein approaches his art the same way he does his job at Twinsburg Stamping.
"If something is worth doing at all, it's worth doing right," says the machine repairman.
Lammlein's winning entry, Pump Truck, is a tribute to the painstaking attention to detail that underlies his success as a wood model maker. Since high school, Lammelin has created about 500 pieces that range from furniture to lifelike models of trucks and construction equipment. Fashioned with a rotating boom, Pump Truck is a scale model of a truck used to pour concrete into an area a concrete mixer can't reach. When the boom is up, the model is 114 inches long and 41 inches high, and is 27 inches wide with outriggers extended. "I saw the truck because they came to Twinsburg Stamping to pump concrete when new presses were installed," says Lammlein, a member of UAW Local 122. Word about his talent has spread, and he's frequently commissioned by individuals and businesses to make models of their prized vehicles. "My work turns out good because I make each one as though I were making it for myself. It makes me feel good to create something people are really happy with." Lammlein is a perfectionist with a practical side. Several years ago, he made a banjo, and he'd like to try another one. "It gave me a lot of satisfaction to make an object I could actually do something with besides put on a shelf to look at." |
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