- Industri: Government; Labor
- Number of terms: 77176
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A professional who tends machine that shapes tub and bucket bottoms from bottom blanks. Responsibilities include:
* Centers blank between faceplates of machine and clamps blank in place, using handwheel.
* Presses pedal to rotate blank.
* Feeds cutting bits into rotating stock, by turning handwheel, to cut blank to specified diameter.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that tapers ends of wooden stems of smoking pipes for insertion into corncob pipe bowls. Responsibilities include:
* Selects frazing head, according to size specifications on work ticket, and inserts frazing head into shaft of machine, using mallet.
* Starts machine.
* Grabs stem with pliers and inserts end of stem into frazer head, tapering end to specified dimensions.
* Verifies dimensions of tapered stem against specifications, using micrometers or slip rings.
* Turns setscrews to adjust angle of blades in frazer head, using screwdriver.
* Removes blades from frazer head and sharpens blades, using powered grinding stone.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that tapers ends of wooden stems of smoking pipes for insertion into corncob pipe bowls. Responsibilities include:
* Selects frazing head, according to size specifications on work ticket, and inserts frazing head into shaft of machine, using mallet.
* Starts machine.
* Grabs stem with pliers and inserts end of stem into frazer head, tapering end to specified dimensions.
* Verifies dimensions of tapered stem against specifications, using micrometers or slip rings.
* Turns setscrews to adjust angle of blades in frazer head, using screwdriver.
* Removes blades from frazer head and sharpens blades, using powered grinding stone.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that cuts grooves and bores holes in window sash stiles for insertion of sash weight cords. Responsibilities include:
* Sets stop according to length of stiles and tightens it, using wrench.
* Starts machine and places woodstock on machine table against guide.
* Pushes stock over rotating cutter to cut grooves until piece strikes stop.
* Activates drill to cut hole at end of groove.
* Stacks completed work on skid.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that scarfs ends of plywood panels. Responsibilities include:
* Installs knives in rotary cutterhead and adjusts angle of cutter, according to thickness of panel and adjusts guides according to width of panel, using handtools.
* Positions and clamps panel on machine table and starts machine.
* Presses pedal to move panel under rotary cutter that scarfs end of panel.
* Removes scarfed panels from machine and stacks panels on pallets or carts for gluing.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that scarfs ends of plywood panels. Responsibilities include:
* Installs knives in rotary cutterhead and adjusts angle of cutter, according to thickness of panel and adjusts guides according to width of panel, using handtools.
* Positions and clamps panel on machine table and starts machine.
* Presses pedal to move panel under rotary cutter that scarfs end of panel.
* Removes scarfed panels from machine and stacks panels on pallets or carts for gluing.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine to chip out saddle forms in wooden chair seats. Responsibilities include:
* Installs cams and cutterheads according to seat contour specified on work ticket.
* Turns handwheels to set cutterheads for depth of cut.
* Places chair seat on feed belt that pulls it under cutterheads.
* Removes chair seat at discharge end of machine.
* May tend drill that bores holes in scooped seat to permit attachment of chair back.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that smooths, bevels, and tapers edges of wooden barrel staves. Responsibilities include:
* Positions stave against guide on machine.
* Presses pedal to activate mechanism that moves guide forward forcing stave edge against rotating jointer wheel that smooths, bevels, and tapers stave edge.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that checkers (series of crosslike grooves) stock or grip of guns for decorative and gripping purposes. Responsibilities include:
* Places stock or wooden forepiece of gun in special holding device of machine.
* Starts machine that cuts checks (similar to knurling) in wood.
* Inspects checkered portions to ensure that machine is cutting as specified.
* May adjust checkering machine to correct checkering impression made on gun stocks and forearm, using wrenches.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that cuts spiral grooves in wood dowel-rods and shaves circumference of rod to specified size. Responsibilities include:
* Starts rodding machine.
* Inserts dowel rods into feed trough and between feed rollers of rodding machine that cuts spiral groove in rods and trims diameter of rods to specified size.
* Observes cutting action of rodding machine and stops machine when malfunctions are noted.
* Removes spiraled rods from tail end chute and stacks rods on handtruck for removal to subsequent processing.
* Notifies specified personnel of malfunction of machine.
Industry:Professional careers
