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A professional who tends machine that smooths surface and sizes rough lumber in woodworking establishment. Responsibilities include:
* Turns handwheels to adjust cutting depth and feed rate according to thickness and species of lumber to be planed.
* Presses buttons to start planer and feed conveyor.
* Depresses pedal to actuate hydraulic load bed that raises lumber stack to level with machine feed conveyor to facilitate loading.
* Loads boards in consecutive sequence onto feed conveyor that conveys boards through machine planing operation.
* Periodically attaches sharpening device to planer blade assembly, using wrench, and turns lever to guide abrasive surface of device along blade surface to sharpen blade.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates machine to shape dowel-rod from squared stock. Responsibilities include:
* Selects and installs cutting head, and adjusts knives, guides, and feed rolls, according to size and finish of dowel-rod to be cut.
* Verifies distances of settings and size of stock, using calipers and micrometers.
* Starts machine and inserts stock between feed rolls that force stock through cutting head.
* May install cutting heads that cut spirals or longitudinal grooves while rounding stock.
* May specialize in rounding stock for tool handles and be designated handle-rounder operator.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates machine to shape dowel-rod from squared stock. Responsibilities include:
* Selects and installs cutting head, and adjusts knives, guides, and feed rolls, according to size and finish of dowel-rod to be cut.
* Verifies distances of settings and size of stock, using calipers and micrometers.
* Starts machine and inserts stock between feed rolls that force stock through cutting head.
* May install cutting heads that cut spirals or longitudinal grooves while rounding stock.
* May specialize in rounding stock for tool handles and be designated handle-rounder operator.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates machine to scarf end of wooden pipe for fittings. Responsibilities include:
* Inserts knives in slots of cutting head and adjusts knives for depth of cut, using steel scale and wrench.
* Positions pipe on machine bed and turns handwheel to clamp pipe in place.
* Starts machine and pulls lever to move cutting head over end of pipe to cut scarf.
* Verifies depth of cut and length of scarf against written specifications and drawings, using steel scale.
* Removes pipe from machine and rolls pipe onto conveyor.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates straight-line or rotary profile shaping machine that automatically follows contours of model or form to shape single or entire edges of wood furniture parts. Responsibilities include:
* Selects cutterheads or knives to conform to pattern contour, according to type of cut specified on work order.
* Installs cutterheads in vertical spindle of machine or inserts and bolts specified knives in slots of cutterheads already in machine, using handtools.
* Turns handwheel or crank to align knives with contours of model or form.
* Bolts or clamps model or form to bed of machine, using wrenches or air clamps.
* Sets stops on straight-line profiling machine and turns crank to adjust air clamps that hold stock in position for cutting.
* Presses button to start machine and positions stock under clamps and over model or form.
* Moves controls to actuate mechanism that closes clamps; moves carriage, turntable, or form containing stock against rotating cutters until edges of stock are shaped; returns carriage to starting position; and releases clamps for removal of stock.
* May turn thumbscrews or handwheel to regulate speed of carriage, turntable, or drive sprocket, according to type of stock and complexity of contours.
* May compare stock dimensions with pattern to detect cutting defects.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates straight-line or rotary profile shaping machine that automatically follows contours of model or form to shape single or entire edges of wood furniture parts. Responsibilities include:
* Selects cutterheads or knives to conform to pattern contour, according to type of cut specified on work order.
* Installs cutterheads in vertical spindle of machine or inserts and bolts specified knives in slots of cutterheads already in machine, using handtools.
* Turns handwheel or crank to align knives with contours of model or form.
* Bolts or clamps model or form to bed of machine, using wrenches or air clamps.
* Sets stops on straight-line profiling machine and turns crank to adjust air clamps that hold stock in position for cutting.
* Presses button to start machine and positions stock under clamps and over model or form.
* Moves controls to actuate mechanism that closes clamps; moves carriage, turntable, or form containing stock against rotating cutters until edges of stock are shaped; returns carriage to starting position; and releases clamps for removal of stock.
* May turn thumbscrews or handwheel to regulate speed of carriage, turntable, or drive sprocket, according to type of stock and complexity of contours.
* May compare stock dimensions with pattern to detect cutting defects.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates single- or multiple-spindle routing machine to cut slots, grooves, designs, or recesses in woodstock. Responsibilities include:
* Studies blueprints, drawings, or samples and written specifications to ascertain size, depth, and location of cuts to be made.
* Selects and installs router bits in spindle chucks according to specifications, using chuck key.
* Spaces spindles on shaft at specified intervals, using wrenches, and turns handwheels or sets stops to regulate depth of cut.
* Clamps stock to jig, inserts pin in guidehole of machine table, and places jig over guide pin, or clamps part to movable table of machine.
* Starts machine and presses pedal to raise table and feed stock into rotating bits.
* Moves stock under bits, following guides, lines, or slots in jig, to cut specified slots, designs, grooves, or recesses in stock.
* Measures dimensions of processed woodstock to verify conformance to specifications, using ruler, gauges, or calipers.
* May be designated according to machine operated as multiple-spindle-router operator; or according to cut made as handhole-machine operator.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates single- or double-spindle shaping machine to cut grooves, rabbets, flutes, or pattern shapes on surface and edges of woodstock. Responsibilities include:
* Examines drawings, blueprints, or written orders to determine cutting pattern.
* Selects, installs, aligns, and adjusts cutterheads, guides, and jigs to make specified cuts and shapes, using handtools.
* Starts machine and feeds woodstock (with grain of wood) into cutterheads, holding and pressing stock against guide or jig to obtain specified cut.
* Measures shaped stock to verify conformance to pattern, using rule, calipers, or gauges.
* May hold and push stock into cutterheads without aid of jig or guide.
* May sharpen and mount cutting knives in cutterheads, using balance scale, truing i block, emery wheel, and wrench.
* May be designated according to machine operated as double-spindle-shaper operator.
* May operate shaper machine to mold panels by cutting away sections along edges of stock and be designated panel-raiser operator.
* May be designated according to parts shaped as small-parts-shaper operator.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates machine to smooth, square, and apply glue to edges of veneer sheets preparatory to splicing. Responsibilities include:
* Turns handwheels to adjust cutter knives, pressure bar, and table or feed bed height to make cuts according to specifications.
* Pulls lever to adjust conveyor speed, according to length and thickness of veneer.
* Aligns edges of stack of veneer sheets and pushes stack between pressure bar and conveyor that carries stock over rotating cutting tool and glue wheel.
* Observes machine and presses pedal to reverse movements of conveyor to relieve jamming.
* Removes and replaces dull cutter knives, using wrench.
* May remove sheets and examine edges for evenness and uniform glue application.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates jointer machine to reduce flat furniture woodstock to specified width or to plane, square, smooth, rabbet, or otherwise shape edges of stock so that stock might be joined tightly. Responsibilities include:
* Selects and installs knives in cutterhead according to pattern to be cut, using wrenches and gauges.
* Adjusts and clamps guide in position on machine table, according to width of stock and specified angle of cut.
* Turns handwheels to adjust table height and to expose cutting knives, according to specified depth of cut and thickness of stock.
* Starts machine, places stock on machine table against guide, and pushes stock over rotating cutting knives, or inserts stock into automatic feed mechanism that carries stock through machine.
* Reverses stock and cuts opposite edge.
* Verifies cuts, angles, and dimensions of stock to ensure conformance with specifications, using gauges, square, rule, or template.
* May operate machine to square or tongue and groove edges of core stock so that stock may be glued together to form wide boards and be designated glue-jointer operator.
Industry:Professional careers
