Job Description:

• 1) Assembles typewriter type-bar-and-segment units and bends ends of type bars to specified angles and clearances preparatory to type soldering, using handtools and hand-powered brake: Clamps segment to holding device and inserts type bars into segment slots.

• 2) Pushes curved wire through channel in segment and through holes in type bars to hold them in place.

• 3) Moves bars to determine snugness of fit.

• 4) Bends type-bars to fit precisely into segment slots, using special pliers.

• 5) Grinds defective bars to fit, using emery wheel.

• 6) Positions type-bar-and-segment assembly to holding plate on braking device.

• 7) Moves levers to adjust quadrant to degree desired, to bend ends of type bars to specified angles and clearances, and to release bent type bars from holding and bending jaws.

• 8) Removes formed type-bar-and-segment unit from braking device.

• 9) Positions type-bar-and-segment assembly in guide-installation fixture and installs type guide, using special alignment tools and power screwdriver.

• 10) Checks outside bars for guide clearance after removal from fixture, using gauge.

• 11) May be designated according to work performed as Fitter, Type-Bar-And-Segment; Former, Type-Bar-And-Segment; Guide-Installer, Type-Bar-And-Segment; Spacer, Type-Bar-And-Segment.