| Job Title |
Planer Set-up Operator, Tool |
| Job Description |
Sets Up And Operates Planers That Reciprocate Workpieces
Against Stationary Bar Tools To Plane And Groove Large Metal
Workpieces, Such As Castings For Metalworking Dies And Machine
Ways, Analyzing Specifications And Selecting Tooling According
To Knowledge Of Machine Planing Procedures: Studies Blueprint Or
Layout On Workpiece To Visualize Planing To Be Done, Or Marks
Layout On Workpiece With Scribe, And Plans Sequence Of
Operations. Selects Method Of Holding Workpiece So That Entire
Surface To Be Planed Will Remain Parallel To Table During
Planing Operation. Lifts Workpiece Manually Or With Hoist, And
Positions And Secures It On Table, Using Shims, Parallel Blocks,
Clamps, And Wrenches. Verifies Workpiece Position With Gauges,
Rule, Square, Or Other Instrument. Selects And Mounts Cutting
Tools On Railhead Or Side Head. Selects And Sets Cutting Speed,
Length Of Stroke, And Depth Of Cut, According To Knowledge Of
Metal Properties And Shop Mathematics. Sets Stops To Limit
Length Of Stroke And To Actuate Table Reversing Mechanism. Moves
Controls To Position Tool In Relation To Workpiece. Starts Table
Reciprocation, Turns Handwheels To Feed Tool To Or Across
Workpiece Between Cuts, And Engages Feed. Observes Operation And
Verifies Conformance Of Planed Workpiece To Specifications
Within Tolerances To Plus Or Minus 0.001 Inch, Using Measuring
Instruments, Such As Surface Gauge, Planer Gauge, And
Micrometer. May Operate Bench Grinder To Sharpen Tools. May Turn
Valve Handle And Direct Flow Of Coolant Or Lubricant Against
Tool And Workpiece. May Set Up And Operate Milling Attachment
Instead Of Rail Or Side Head Tool [planer-type-milling-machine
Set-up Operator (machine Shop) 605.282-018]. May Plane Or Mill
Nonmetallic Materials. May Set Up And Operate Rotary Planer
Which Reciprocates Cutting Tool Against Workpiece Mounted On
Rotating Machine Bed And Be Designated Rotary Planer Set-up
Operator (machine Shop).
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