A professional who tends machines that automatically cut and shape wire to make nails of specified size. Respnsibilities include:

• Mounts coil of wire on rod, and threads wire through straightening rollers and feeding mechanism into slots of die plates.
• Tightens roller bolts to regulate feed of wire, using wrench.
• Starts machine.
• Inspects nails for such flaws as chips and distortions.
• Measures sample nail, using split gauge or micrometer, and notifies nail-making-machine setter of deviations from specifications.
• Records production data.
• May tend machines that automatically cut coiled wire and attach tackheads to form tacks of specified size.
• May tend machine that bends and cuts wire to form spokes for tricycle wheels and be designated Spoke Maker.