| Job Title |
Engraver I |
| Job Description |
Engraves Lettering Or Designs In Copper Or Steel Printing
Plates, Using Pantograph Engraving Machine: Rubs Blank Plate
With Emery Or Charcoal And Oil To Polish Surface. Clamps Blank
Plate In Position Under Diamond Cutting Point And Master Plate
Under Tracing Point Of Pantograph. Starts Electric Motor That
Revolves Cutting Point And Lowers Engraving Control Bar,
Simultaneously Moving Bar Sideways Until Tracing Point Enters
Desired Figure On Master Plate. Moves Bar So That Tracing Point
Follows Figure On Master Plate, Reproducing Figure On Blank
Plate. Loosens Thumbscrews And Changes Position Of Pantograph
Bar To Reproduce Figures Larger Or Smaller Than Those On Master
Plate. May Be Designated According To Type Of Plate Used As
Engraver, Copperplate (print. & Pub.); Engraver, Steel Plate
(print. & Pub.).
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