Job Description:

• 1) Sets up and operates battery of machines that automatically buff shells for silver-plated hollowware, such as bowls, tea sets, vegetable dishes, and gravy boats, to remove scratches and pressmarks and impart smooth finish for subsequent plating: Selects buffing wheel of size and shape to match workpiece and bolts it to stationary drive shaft.

• 2) Selects jig to match exterior or interior shape of workpiece and bolts it to chuck on lathe arbor.

• 3) Clamps workpiece in jig and turns stop nuts to position assembly against buffing wheel.

• 4) Turns knobs of timing device to regulate buffing time according to kind and thickness of metal and surface area to be buffed.

• 5) Starts machine and holds stick of compound to wheel to coat wheel with abrasive.

• 6) Observes operation and removes workpiece when machine stops at end of timed cycle.