Part Industrial Historian, Part Technical Translator, and Full-Time Resident Explainer.
I make my home on New Jersey’s cozy “Chemical Coast,” where the salt air of the Atlantic meets the high-octane ambition of American industry. It’s an environment that suits me. After all, I spent thirteen years on the floor of a billion-dollar machine tool factory, a place where I learned that if a safety manual isn’t clear, things don’t just get confusing: they get expensive.
The Management Burden
My career has been a study in “teasing meaning out of the arcane.” I’ve spent decades navigating the high-stakes world of corporate management and technical communication, crafting everything from high-level Business Resumption Plans to intricate SOPs. I’ve led teams through the complexities of engineering workflows and managed the delicate balance between “what the machine does” and “what the human needs to understand.” If it involves a deadline, a technical hurdle, or a complex system that needs to be deconstructed for a board of directors, I’ve likely managed it, documented it, and survived to tell the tale.
The Three Point Line
These days, I apply that same “management-level precision” to The Three Point Line. Using a proprietary technical illustration method (and an unhealthy obsession with fuchsia-colored pixels), I deconstruct the giants of heavy industry—ships, jets, and rail cars—into minimalist vector art. It’s a process of stripping away the visual noise to reveal the “Industrial Dignity” underneath. You can watch this process in action on my YouTube series, where I prove that even a 33,000-gallon tank car has a certain svelte elegance if you look at it through the right lens.
The Literary Wing & Beyond
When I’m not deconstructing airframes, I’m building worlds. I am the author of the novels The Adventures of a Sawdust Man and Marigold’s End, with two more manuscripts currently under wraps and awaiting their turn in the production line.
The rest of the Factory floor includes:
- SkippityWhistles.com: My “friendly, easy-peasy” DIY site where I help the next generation master old-school technology without losing their minds.
- The Voice: With hundreds of voice acting credits to my name (and a history of studying with the legendary Mel Blanc), I bring a theatrical matinee energy to every technical explanation.
- The History: A deep fascination with naval history that manifests in meticulously built model ships during my very rare moments of downtime.
I live in a charming corner of Woodbridge, NJ, with my wonderful wife, a rotating cast of three adult children, and steadfast and loyal dog, and a 14-year-old cat who clearly runs the entire operation. Whether you need a technical illustration that works as hard as your machinery, or a story that lingers long after the last page, I’m here to make the complex clear.
John D Reinhart 