A professional who tends hydraulic power press, steam oven, and blowers that shrink threads and temper brass bobbins for use on levers lace machines. Responsibilities include:

• Loads yarn-filled bobbins on fixture posts, fastens cover in place, and positions loaded fixture on press bed.
• Pulls lever that lowers ram to compress thread and straighten bobbin.
• Tightens cover nut to prevent expansion when pressure is removed.
• Sets temperature controls and deposits damp cloths in oven to produce humidity.
• Places loaded fixture in oven to shrink threads and temper bobbin metal.
• Removes and cools fixture,, using blowers.
• Removes and delivers bobbins to threader.