| Job Title |
Wood-carving-machine Operator |
| Job Description |
Sets Up And Operates Multiple-spindle Carving Machine To Make
Identical Carvings Simultaneously On Pieces Of Wooden Stock:
Examines Pattern, Stock, And Drawings, Blueprints, Or Written
Instructions To Determine Knives Needed To Reproduce Pattern On
Stock To Be Carved And Number Of Pieces Of Carved Stock Needed.
Selects, Inserts, And Locks Bits In Chuck Of Cutter Spindles,
Using Wrenches. Centers Wood Blanks Between Chucks On Machine
Bed And Secures Blanks By Turning Handscrews Or Using Wrenches.
Inserts And Locks Tracer Point In Master Chuck By Turning
Thumbscrew Or Lock Key. Presses Starter Buttons To Activate
Cutter Spindles To Be Used. Holds Master Spindle And Moves
Tracing Point Over And Around Contours Of Pattern To Reproduce
Pattern, As Carvings, On Blanks. Moves Mechanism That Turns
Blanks And Pattern For Carving On Sides Or For Carving Rounded
Objects, Such As Chair Legs. Removes Bits And Tracing Points
After Rough Cuts Are Made And Installs Finish-cutting Bits And
Point To Complete Carvings, Using Wrenches. May Verify Accuracy
Of Carvings Against Specifications, Using Caliper, Rule, Or
Template. May Blow Carving Chips And Dust From Carved Blanks
During Carving Process, Using Airhose, To Ensure Blanks Are
Being Cut According To Pattern. May Sharpen Bits, Using Bench
Grinder.
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