A professional who tends machine that cuts to length and miters ends of molding or shim strips. Responsibilities include:

• Slides end-stop against rule to set machine to cut molding of specified length.
• Slides stock under knife against stop while chopper knife (two blades mounted at right angles) descends automatically to cut molding, or depresses treadle or pulls lever to lower knife that cuts and miters molding.
• Stacks cut molding on rack.
• May change chopper blades when blades become worn.