A professional who tends forming machine that folds, gathers, and presses cloth into groove of lacing to produce buffing wheels. Responsibilities include:

• Lifts roll of cloth on holder or draws end from box and threads it through guides and over steam pipes.
• Removes front section of winding drum, places lacing on rod in center of rear section, and positions front section on rod at specified distance from rear section.
• Pulls cloth over drum and centers it over space between drum sections.
• Secures cloth edges to pins set across drum.
• Turns valve to admit steam to pipes to soften material.
• Turns crank to wind specified amount of cloth around drum.
• Cuts cloth, using hand shears, and pushes drum between jaws of machine.
• Presses button to activate jaws that fold and gather cloth into space between drums and press gathered edge between points of lacings.
• Removes laced buffing material when pressing cycle is complete.
• Turns dial to control length of pressing cycle, according to style of buffing wheel.