![]() Vega purchased a woodworking tool company called Yates American/J. The two shared the same facility for several years. During this time, his brother David founded Airfloat Corporation which manufactured air bearings used to move heavy loads over concrete floors. With the success of this design, production moved to a variety of technical training equipment, including hydraulic, pneumanic, electrical, engine testing, powdered metals, rotational molding, etc. With his experience in ductile iron, my father designed a set of small machines to test welds. Through his accomplishments, he was able to put himself through college to earn an engineering degree.Īmong hi s many endeavors, he was employed at Wagner Castings in Decatur, Illinois and headed the industrial technology department at Millikin University, Decatur, designing and building several homes in the area. ![]() ![]() Commandeering the family chicken coop for his first workshop, his skills quickly advanced and he began generating reproduction furniture. Growing up on a hard-working farm in Wisconsin in the 1930s, he developed a strong interest in woodworking. Vega was founded by my father, Gordon Snoeyenbos, in the early 1960s.
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