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A professional who operates machine to slice flitches into veneer strips. Responsibilities include:
* Adjusts gears of mechanism that automatically advances flitch specified distance for each slice, using wrench.
* Places flitch with selected grain pattern side toward knife in machine clamps and tightens clamps, using wrench.
* Starts machine, verifies thickness of veneer with ruler or caliper, and adjusts feed mechanism.
* Releases clamps to drop piece too thin for slicing.
* May cut defects from surface of flitch, using chisel and mallet.
* May operate circular saw to cut flitches.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates machine to slice flitches into veneer strips. Responsibilities include:
* Adjusts gears of mechanism that automatically advances flitch specified distance for each slice, using wrench.
* Places flitch with selected grain pattern side toward knife in machine clamps and tightens clamps, using wrench.
* Starts machine, verifies thickness of veneer with ruler or caliper, and adjusts feed mechanism.
* Releases clamps to drop piece too thin for slicing.
* May cut defects from surface of flitch, using chisel and mallet.
* May operate circular saw to cut flitches.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that splits wood blocks to size, preparatory to grinding. Responsibilities include:
* Starts machine and conveyor system.
* Depresses pedal to stop and start conveyor to move block in front of wedge-shaped splitting ram.
* Positions one end of block against steel backstop and opposite end in splitting position against ram according to grain, using picaroon. Moves lever to force ram against end of block and split block to size.
* Segregates knots and rotted areas and moves them onto waste conveyor, using picaroon.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends one or more machines that shred woodstock into excelsior. Responsibilities include:
* Presses pedal to open feed rollers and position woodstock.
* Starts machine that automatically feeds stock to cutters.
* Stops machine and turns woodstock to expose all surfaces to cutters to obtain maximum amount of excelsior from each log.
Industry:Professional careers
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.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that cuts d-shaped hole in head of wooden handles for tools, such as forks and shovels. Responsibilities include:
* Starts machine and withdraws soaked handle from barrel partly filled with steam-heated water.
* Places head of handle successively in two jigs and under two sets of knives that descend on handle and make rough and finish cuts to form head.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that shapes and cuts wooden blanks to form pencils. Responsibilities include:
* Places blanks in hopper and starts machine.
* Removes pencils from bin of machine and places pencils in rack.
* Ties pencils into bundles.
* May replace machine cutters according to size and shape of pencil, using wrench.
* May examine pencils for surface defects, such as nicks and scratches, and measure diameter of pencils, using micrometer.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that shapes and cuts wooden blanks to form pencils. Responsibilities include:
* Places blanks in hopper and starts machine.
* Removes pencils from bin of machine and places pencils in rack.
* Ties pencils into bundles.
* May replace machine cutters according to size and shape of pencil, using wrench.
* May examine pencils for surface defects, such as nicks and scratches, and measure diameter of pencils, using micrometer.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that notches boards for use as insulation backing on shakes. Responsibilities include:
* Inserts insulation board in jig and butts end of board against stop.
* Presses pedal to lower punch that notches edge of board to provide for circulation of air when board is installed.
* Removes board from jig and places board on conveyor.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that notches boards for use as insulation backing on shakes. Responsibilities include:
* Inserts insulation board in jig and butts end of board against stop.
* Presses pedal to lower punch that notches edge of board to provide for circulation of air when board is installed.
* Removes board from jig and places board on conveyor.
Industry:Professional careers
