1. Tends machine that abrades felt hat brims to smooth brims and remove excess fibers: Positions hat in guide between feed and sanding rollers of machine. 2. Depresses pedal to start machine that forces brim against abrasive cone, removing excess fibers and smoothing brim. 3. Removes hat from machine, inverts, …
1. Tends machine, equipped with crushing rollers or hammers, that reduces corkwood, cork waste, or bark to fine particles: Dumps corkwood, waste, or bark into machine hopper or onto conveyor leading to machine. 2. Removes wooden sticks and steel straps to prevent clogging. 3. Starts machine that crushes and grinds …
1. Tends machine that prints brand name on rubber hose: Bolts specified printing plate on machine fixture. 2. Adjusts guides and feed rollers to accommodate hose, using wrench. 3. Fills feed tank with specified color ink and starts machine. 4. Lifts hose to table by hand or with hoist and …
1. Tends power brake that bends, punches, forms, rolls, arcs, or straightens metal sheets, plates, and bars: Positions work manually or with crane against stops, or aligns layout marks to dies. 2. Brushes oil on dies and workpiece. 3. Starts machine to lower ram and shape workpiece. 4. Tightens die …
1. Sets up and operates power brake to bend, notch, punch, form rolls, arc, or straighten metal plates or sheet metal and structural shapes to blueprint or sketch specifications: Selects, positions, and aligns dies in machine ram and bed, using shims, rule, square, or templates. 2. Turns setscrews or bolts …
1. Sets up and operates machine to print trademarks, designs, or identifying data on containers such as cardboard or wooden boxes, performing any combination of following duties: Selects printing plate or type slug, or sets type, according to oral instructions or written job order. 2. Fastens type or printing plate …
1. Tends automatic machine that fabricates decorative bows from ribbons: Turns setscrews to adjust machine according to bow type and size, fills machine hopper with staples. 2. Places roll of ribbon on spindle and draws ribbon through machine guides and rollers. 3. Turns valve to activate pneumatic bow ejection device. …
1. Tends machine that automatically cuts, folds, and glues ends of tubes together to form bottoms in single or multiwall paper bags: Loads paper tubes into automatic feedrack, fills glue hopper, and starts machine. 2. Observes machine operation, removes material caught in rollers to relieve jams, and spot-verifies processed bags …
1. Tends machine that combines paper and plastic film to be used as jacket covers for books: Mounts rolls of paper and plastic film on machine holders, using hoist, and installs roll of adhesive tape on either side of machine. 2. Splices ends of paper, plastic, and tape to ends …
1. Sets up and adjusts machines that bond, stretch, and apply finishing solution to thread to improve sewing quality: Changes charts in control boxes for recording temperature and viscosity strength and turns knob to set temperature control at specified level on oven unit. 2. Turns handles on roller units to …
1. Tends machines that apply adhesive and bond asbestos lining to automobile brakeshoes for installation by BRAKE REPAIRER: Selects stock lining to fit brakeshoes removed from vehicle. 2. Feeds lining between rollers of machine that applies bonding adhesive. 3. Secures brakeshoes in bonding press after adhesive has set. 4. Positions …
1. Tends machine that removes dirt, natural gums, and waxes from greige cloth preparatory to further processing: Lifts rolls of cloth to platform at feed-end of machine, using hoist. 2. Inserts rod through center of roll and pushes roll onto machine brackets. 3. Sews end of cloth roll to leader …
1. Tends machine that winds wire onto bobbins, preparatory to formation of wire netting used in reinforcing sheet glass: Threads wire from supply reel through rollers that automatically feed wire to bobbin. 2. Moves lever to start machine and observes operation to ensure uniform winding. 3. Stops machine when wire …
1. Sets up and adjusts mixers, feeders, rollers, cutters, and other equipment to fabricate wallboard and lath: Sets edging bars, rollers, and scoring cutters to ensure that wallboard produced attains specified width and thickness, using rules, gauges, and handtools. 2. Adjusts paper guides, glue feeders, chamfering wheels, and stenciling machine …
1. Tends machine that glues paper lining onto wooden boards for use in manufacture of lined boxes, such as certain types of cigar boxes: Clamps roll of paper on reel of lining machine and threads paper through guide rollers and glue applicator. 2. Adjusts pressure rollers to accommodate thickness of …
1. Tends machine that automatically fastens cardboard disks to sides of core or tube to form reel: Places bottom half of disk on machine bed. 2. Places filled roll of ribbon on disk, and top half of disk on roll. 3. Trips pedal to bring hammer down and press disk …
1. Feeds wooden blocks into machine that cuts blocks into match sticks: Splits blocks into specified lengths, using hatchet. 2. Places blocks grain up on machine feed table and pushes blocks into feed rollers.
1. Tends feed-end of range that bleaches, washes, and dries greige cloth preparatory to printing, dyeing, or finishing: Pulls cloth from overhead carrier, positions truck of folded cloth at feed-end of machine, or mounts roll of cloth onto brackets at scray. 2. Sews cloth end to leader in range, using …
1. Sets up and operates machine to glue together continuous sheets of paper to form sheet of specified width: Positions feed guides, feed rollers, and glue pickup rollers on machine shafts according to job order and turns setscrews to secure guides and rollers in place, using handtools. 2. Slides rolls …
1. Assists BLANKET-WINDER OPERATOR to operate machine to glue together continuous sheets of paper to form sheet of specified width: Slides rolls of paper on unwind shaft and mounts shaft on feed end of machine, using hoist. 2. Slides empty core on rewind shaft and positions shaft on rewind roller, …
1. Operates machine to grind decorative grooves in steel knife blades: Marks groove length of blade according to bench marks, using chalk. 2. Places tip of blade under rotating abrasive wheel and presses blade against wheel to grind groove in blade. 3. Examines groove in blade for conformance to specified …
1. Tends machine that prints identifying information on bias binding: Slides rolls of binding on dispenser rod and secures rod into brackets of machine. 2. Fills reservoir of printing machine with ink and inserts presser roller in brackets above printing roller. 3. Threads ends of binding from rod over suction …
1. Operates machine, equipped with electrically heated knives, to cut synthetic cloth into binding strips and fuses edges to prevent raveling by melting cloth fibers: Spaces knives on machine shaft, according to specified strip width, and turns setscrews to secure knives in position, using wrench. 2. Mounts cloth roll on …
1. Operates sewing machine equipped with folding attachment to sew binding material over edges or seams of articles, such as camping equipment, linens, parachutes, gloves and mittens, or hats and caps, to reinforce, prevent raveling, and give finished appearance: Places roll of binding on holder and draws end through folding …
