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A professional who assists veneer clipper in cutting veneer sheets to specified size and cutting out defective portions, performing any combination of following duties. Responsibilities include:
* Loads dried veneer sheets on conveyor belt that carries sheets to clipping machine.
* Positions veneer sheets under clipping blade, following guide marks, to align sheets for clipping edges and to cut sheets to specified width.
* Stacks clipped veneer sheets on cart and pushes loaded cart to next processing station.
* Performs other duties described under helper master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who inspects debarked pulpwood logs used in the manufacture of paper and related materials. Responsibilities include:
* Observes logs passing on conveyor to detect completeness of debarking process.
* Removes partially debarked logs from conveyor and places them in pushcart.
* Pushes filled cart to feed end of debarker for recycling of logs.
* Empties contents of cart onto conveyor, pushes cart back to inspection area, and resumes inspection.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who this group includes occupations concerned with shaping wood by the paring or chipping action of rigid cutting tools applied to wood rotating on a lathe.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates swing-type (rotary cutting) lathe to cut round and multishaped wood parts in manufacture of furniture. Responsibilities include:
* Examines blueprints, drawings, patterns, and specifications to ascertain size and shape of finished product.
* Selects and installs knives on cutterheads on machine spindle arbor, using template, rule, calipers, and wrenches; or loosens nuts securing end of lathe opposite drive end of arbor, swings support end to side, slides preassembled cutter heads on arbor according to arrangement of knives on cutterheads, and secures cutterheads on arbor and support end of lathe, using handtools.
* Selects and installs cam on arbor to control rotation and shape of stock to be cut, using wrench.
* Inserts woodstock between headstock and tailstock and turns crank to clamp stock in position.
* Starts machine and moves lever to swing rotating stock against rotating knives of cutterhead until shape is completed, or presses switch for automatic operation of machine equipped with hopper-feeding attachment.
* Verifies dimensions of shaped product, using template or calipers and rule.
* May sharpen cutting knives, using bench grinder.
* May be designated according to product as bat-lathe operator; handle-lathe operator.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates wood-turning lathe to turn woodstock, and cuts designs in and shapes stock by holding chisels against rotating stock. Responsibilities include:
* Places stock between spur chuck and tailstock and turns handwheel to force points of centers into stock.
* Slides tool rest to position for cutting and moves lever to secure it in place.
* Starts machine, places gouge or caliper chisel over tool rest and against stock, and moves chisel to reduce stock to rough cylinder.
* Lays out cutting lines on stock according to drawing, using rule and pencil.
* Selects chisel according to type of cut specified and holds chisel against rotating stock to cut shapes according to drawing.
* Verifies dimensions of shapes and cuts, using calipers and rule.
* May smooth surface of piece by holding sandpaper against rotating piece.
* May apply wax or other finishes to parts in lathe.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates wood-turning lathe to turn woodstock, and cuts designs in and shapes stock by holding chisels against rotating stock. Responsibilities include:
* Places stock between spur chuck and tailstock and turns handwheel to force points of centers into stock.
* Slides tool rest to position for cutting and moves lever to secure it in place.
* Starts machine, places gouge or caliper chisel over tool rest and against stock, and moves chisel to reduce stock to rough cylinder.
* Lays out cutting lines on stock according to drawing, using rule and pencil.
* Selects chisel according to type of cut specified and holds chisel against rotating stock to cut shapes according to drawing.
* Verifies dimensions of shapes and cuts, using calipers and rule.
* May smooth surface of piece by holding sandpaper against rotating piece.
* May apply wax or other finishes to parts in lathe.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates machines to cut and shape bottom of smoking pipe bowls. Responsibilities include:
* Sharpens trimming machine knives, using grinding wheel.
* Inserts and secures knives in cutterhead of trimming machine, using wrench.
* Positions and secures clamp and carriage stops in specified location, using wrench and tape measure.
* Places pipe bowl blank on clamp and moves lever to secure blank in place.
* Pushes machine carriage forward and rotates carriage handle to move and revolve bowl blank against rotating knives to cut and shape all surfaces of pipe bowl bottom.
* Moves lever to release pipe bowl blank from machine clamp.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates rotary lathe to cut veneer from logs. Responsibilities include:
* Selects and installs knives and adjusts gears of knife-feeding mechanism according to specified thickness of veneer to be cut, using handtools.
* Signals lathe spotter to position log between chucks of lathe and pushes lever or button to drive chucks into log.
* Pulls lever to set lathe knife to cut veneer to specified thickness and to start log rotating.
* Verifies thickness of veneer with ruler or caliper and adjusts speed of knife-feeding mechanism and turning speed of lathe accordingly.
* Pushes chuck control to release log core onto conveyor.
* May stop machine and tilt blade away from log when machine becomes clogged with slivers or bark.
* May replace dull knives and broken or worn parts, using handtools.
* May set up and operate back-roll lathe to cut veneer stock to specified lengths and widths for manufacture of wirebound boxes and baskets and be designated back-roll-lathe operator.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates machine to turn down inside surface of tight barrels or kegs to smooth and clean surface. Responsibilities include:
* Adjusts machine to accommodate barrel.
* Places barrel in horizontal position between two center supports and pulls lever to actuate end frames (chuck rings) which grasp and support ends of barrel.
* Starts machine to rotate barrel.
* Moves lever that causes rotating cutters to enter opposite ends of barrel and contact inside surfaces, exerting sufficient force on lever to cut away specified thickness of wood as cutters advance on opposite sides of barrel.
* Inspects and feels surface for smoothness.
* Stops rotation of barrel and cutters and removes barrel from machine.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates machine to turn down inside surface of tight barrels or kegs to smooth and clean surface. Responsibilities include:
* Adjusts machine to accommodate barrel.
* Places barrel in horizontal position between two center supports and pulls lever to actuate end frames (chuck rings) which grasp and support ends of barrel.
* Starts machine to rotate barrel.
* Moves lever that causes rotating cutters to enter opposite ends of barrel and contact inside surfaces, exerting sufficient force on lever to cut away specified thickness of wood as cutters advance on opposite sides of barrel.
* Inspects and feels surface for smoothness.
* Stops rotation of barrel and cutters and removes barrel from machine.
Industry:Professional careers
