Job Description:

• 1) Operates battery of automatic machines that straighten, cut off, head, and sharpen wire to form straight pins: Places coil of wire on pedestal stand and threads end of wire through machine to heading dies.

• 2) Adjusts straightening rolls, feeding arm, and stop to diameter and length of wire, using wrenches.

• 3) Starts machine and measures sampling of first pins for conformance to specifications, such as length, head diameter, and angle of point to shank, using micrometers and fixed gauges.