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A professional who plans, lays out, and constructs wooden unit-or sectional-patterns used in forming sand molds for castings according to blueprint specifications, using handtools and power tools. Responsibilities include:
* Lays out pattern on woodstock, dividing pattern into sections according to shape of casting to facilitate removal of pattern from mold, utilizing knowledge of casting techniques, and using marking and measuring devices, such as scriber, shrink rule, and square.
* Cuts and shapes parts, using bandsaw, lathe, planer, and router.
* Fits and fastens parts together to form pattern or section, using glue, nails, dowels and screws.
* Trims, smooths, and shapes surfaces, using handtools, such as plane, drawknife, chisels, and mallets.
* Assembles sections and verifies dimensions of complete pattern, using templates, straightedges, calipers, and protractors.
* Glues fillets along interior angles of pattern.
* Paints pattern in standard code colors to indicate method of assembly.
* Shellacs, lacquers, or waxes finished pattern.
* May construct templates for use in shaping irregular curves in pattern.
* May construct wooden models.
* May be designated according to type of pattern constructed as die-cast patternmaker; die-lay-out worker.
* May repair broken or damaged patterns and correct patterns to compensate for defects in castings and be designated pattern setter.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who constructs full-sized and scale wooden precision models of products, such as boats, automobiles, household appliances, aircraft, and machinery, using handtools, measuring instruments, and woodworking machines. Responsibilities include:
* Selects wooden stock and marks layout of parts on stock, using precision equipment, such as scriber, square, protractor, surface plates, height gauges, and scales, following blueprint or draft.
* Cuts and shapes lumber to general outline of part, using woodworking machines, such as bandsaw, lathe, planer, and router, or has stock shaped by shaper operator.
* Assembles wood parts, using dowels, glue, nails, bolts, screws, and other fasteners.
* Planes, shaves, files, scrapes, and sands model to attain specified shape, using handtools.
* Verifies dimensions and contours of model during hand forming process, using templates and measuring device.
* Waxes and polishes finished model.
* May fabricate work aids, such as scrapers or templates for own use.
* May construct hardwood hammer form dies used to produce handmade sheet metal parts.
* May construct plastic duplicates.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who finishes, shapes, and sizes rough-cut hat blocks. Responsibilities include:
* Clamps rough-cut crown block in vise on workbench, and shaves and shapes top of block to specified contour with spokeshave.
* Removes block from vise and sets in gauge to determine height of crown.
* Judges crown of block for shape, and marks high spots to be removed.
* Sands sides of block to shape on curver sander.
* Measures block with steel tape to ascertain head size.
* Drives block onto taper chuck turning machine, using mallet.
* Starts machine and sands rotating block by hand.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who finishes, shapes, and sizes rough-cut hat blocks. Responsibilities include:
* Clamps rough-cut crown block in vise on workbench, and shaves and shapes top of block to specified contour with spokeshave.
* Removes block from vise and sets in gauge to determine height of crown.
* Judges crown of block for shape, and marks high spots to be removed.
* Sands sides of block to shape on curver sander.
* Measures block with steel tape to ascertain head size.
* Drives block onto taper chuck turning machine, using mallet.
* Starts machine and sands rotating block by hand.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who this group includes occupations concerned with smoothing, cleaning, and roughing wood surfaces by means of sandpaper or similar abrasives.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in sanding wood furniture stock, applying knowledge and experience with specific sanding processes, equipment, and kinds of wood. Responsibilities include:
* Computes amount of sanding supplies required, based on production schedules, and requisitions materials.
* Inspects sanded material for smoothness and to verify conformance to company standards.
* Trains new workers and assigns workers to work stations.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates belt-sanding machine to smooth moldings or contoured surfaces of woodstock. Responsibilities include:
* Selects sanding form from stock or builds form, according to pattern, using chisels, mallet, rasps, hammer and nails, and fabric tape.
* Clamps sanding form to pressure bar above sanding belt, positions specified sanding belt over belt pulleys, and turns handwheels to regulate speed and tension of sanding and feed belts.
* Starts machine and depresses lever to regulate pressure of sanding form on belt as stock is conveyed beneath belt, or places stock against stops on table and depresses belt against stock with hand held sanding form.
* Inspects and feels stock to ascertain smoothness.
* May sand flat surfaces with hand held flat form and be designated according to technique as float sander.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates sanding machine equipped with two or more sandpaper-covered drums to smooth surfaces of flat woodstock. Responsibilities include:
* Reads work ticket to ascertain information, such as grade, type, and quantity of woodstock to be sanded, specified thickness of finished pieces, and whether both sides of stock require sanding.
* Moves specified woodstock to be sanded to feed-end of machine, using handtruck.
* Wraps specified grades of sandpaper around individual drums, inserts ends of sandpaper in drum slot, and tightens bolts with wrench to close slot and expand drum to produce uniform sanding surface.
* Turns handwheels or pulls lever to raise or lower individual drums or bed of machine, according to thickness of panels and depth of cut.
* Presses button to start machine, and turns handwheel to control speed of conveyor, according to grade and type of woodstock to be sanded.
* Feeds woodstock onto endless belt or between live rolls that carry stock under rotating drums.
* Feels and examines sanded surfaces and measures thickness of sanded stock with gauge to ensure specified finish and depth of cut.
* Observes ampere meters and turns handwheels to adjust tension and relieve pressure of individual drums when friction between drums and sanded stock causes excessive heat to drum motors.
* Replaces sandpaper on drums when dark, wavy streaks are detected on sanded stock.
* May sand particleboard panels.
* May be designated according to type of machine operated as endless-bed-drum sander; or according to type of stock sanded as veneer sander.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates sanding machine equipped with two or more sandpaper-covered drums to smooth surfaces of flat woodstock. Responsibilities include:
* Reads work ticket to ascertain information, such as grade, type, and quantity of woodstock to be sanded, specified thickness of finished pieces, and whether both sides of stock require sanding.
* Moves specified woodstock to be sanded to feed-end of machine, using handtruck.
* Wraps specified grades of sandpaper around individual drums, inserts ends of sandpaper in drum slot, and tightens bolts with wrench to close slot and expand drum to produce uniform sanding surface.
* Turns handwheels or pulls lever to raise or lower individual drums or bed of machine, according to thickness of panels and depth of cut.
* Presses button to start machine, and turns handwheel to control speed of conveyor, according to grade and type of woodstock to be sanded.
* Feeds woodstock onto endless belt or between live rolls that carry stock under rotating drums.
* Feels and examines sanded surfaces and measures thickness of sanded stock with gauge to ensure specified finish and depth of cut.
* Observes ampere meters and turns handwheels to adjust tension and relieve pressure of individual drums when friction between drums and sanded stock causes excessive heat to drum motors.
* Replaces sandpaper on drums when dark, wavy streaks are detected on sanded stock.
* May sand particleboard panels.
* May be designated according to type of machine operated as endless-bed-drum sander; or according to type of stock sanded as veneer sander.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates stroke-belt sanding machine to smooth flat surfaces or edges of wood furniture stock. Responsibilities include:
* Turns handwheels to set tension of sanding belt, adjust machine table height, and limit stroke of pressure shoe, according to thickness and length of stock.
* Presses switch to start sander, and positions woodstock to be sanded on movable table located under sanding belt.
* Presses lever to lower pressure shoe onto sanding belt and force belt against surface of stock to sand stock.
* Pushes or pulls table to move stock under belt to smooth entire surface.
* Feels sanded article to ascertain smoothness.
* Cleans machine, using airhose and rags.
* Replaces worn sanding belts.
* May press belt against stock with pressure blocks to bevel corners and edges of stock or to smooth flat surfaces of ornamental stock.
Industry:Professional careers
