A professional who sets up horizontal or vertical honing machines for honing-machine operators, production engaged in production honing of metal objects. Respnsibilities include:

• Reads blueprint to select tooling and plans sequence of operations.
• Selects and secures tool in spindle, using wrenches.
• Positions workpiece in fixture or on machine table, securing it with clamps and wrenches, and verifies positions with instruments, such as surface gauges and dial indicators.
• Selects feed rate, honing tool rotation speed, and depth of cut, according to knowledge of metal properties and abrasives.
• Moves controls to position tool in relation to workpiece and to set feed rate and spindle speed.
• Positions and tightens stops, using wrench, to control length of honing tool stroke.
• Starts machine and turns handwheels to feed tool to workpiece.
• Measures first-run workpiece for conformance to specifications, using micrometers and fixed gauges.
• May instruct new workers in machine operation.