Jake Crum
Jake Crum began his professional career as a Sales and Service Engineer for oil field drilling tools. Jake then became an Engineer II, Composite Structures with an aerospace company located in the western United States. He has accumulated over 20 years experience in manufacturing both solid fuel rocket motors for defense & space applications, as well as residential & commercial building products. He has progressed through manufacturing supervision, technical management and executive management. Jake has authored a number of technical white papers, management position papers and manufacturing training modules for intra-company publication. He completed his Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology at Weber State University.
Prior to becoming a freelance writer, Jake was a General Manager for a large regional home builder. He has also done extensive remodels of five residential properties. Since beginning his writing career, Jake has completed projects in online marketing, ad writing, and SEO, as well as ghost written an E-book.
An avid golfer, Jake also lives for travel when not consulting or writing about engineering, manufacturing or a variety of other topics. He's been to 47 states (he still needs ME, WV & VT), 16 countries, five continents (including Antarctica) and recently completed both a one month visit to Italy and two months in South America (including one round of golf each in Argentina and Chile).
Jake blogs about golf and travel (and anything else that comes to mind) at Tee & Crum Bits.
Latest Articles
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Yard Landscaping With Fake or Artificial Grass
Landscaping designs utilizing artificial grass enable the front yard to look great all year around. Synthetic turf is waterless and an asset to any landscaping design
Sep 24, 2009
- Jake Crum
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Artificial Grass Indoor & Backyard Putting Green
Practice the golf putt year round on artificial grass indoor putting mats or a backyard putting green. Fake grass waterless greens are used for restricted water courses.
Sep 24, 2009
- Jake Crum
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Golf Swing Speed Chart for Golf Club Fitting
Golf club fitting requires a golf swing speed chart or a visit to the golf shop. The club fitting goal is to match a golf club, specifically the shaft, to a golf swing.
Sep 15, 2009
- Jake Crum
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Golf Swing Tempo a Result of Applied Physics
With no understanding of swing tempo or physics, thinking only of golf swing speed, the caveman made a ferocious swing of the club and yelled the command, "Ball go far!"
Aug 30, 2009
- Jake Crum
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Graphite Golf Clubs & Composite Shaft Technology
Questions of how to make a graphite golf club shaft arise frequently. Now, an overview of a manufacturing process for graphite composite golf shafts provides an answer.
Aug 25, 2009
- Jake Crum
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Composite Engineering - Manufacturing Processes
A composite engineer defines the requirements for various fiber composite manufacturing processes. This intro is focused on basic processes for graphite fiber composites.
Aug 24, 2009
- Jake Crum
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Graphite Fiber Composite Materials Terminology
Graphite fiber composites are used in the manufacture of many products. Some definitions are needed to introduce the jargon related to graphite composite fibers.
Aug 23, 2009
- Jake Crum
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Composite Materials Project in Boy Scout Program
By studying composite materials, Boy Scouts can earn a Composite Materials Merit Badge. Scouts are required to demonstrate knowledge in six composites related categories.
Aug 5, 2009
- Jake Crum
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Composite Materials - Once Graphite Golf Clubs
What are composite materials? Composites are any material made up of two or more types of basic materials. Composites with a high strength and light weight are desirable.
Aug 2, 2009
- Jake Crum
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