Job Description:

• 1) Tends forming machine that folds, gathers, and presses cloth into groove of lacing to produce buffing wheels: Lifts roll of cloth on holder or draws end from box and threads it through guides and over steam pipes.

• 2) Removes front section of winding drum, places lacing on rod in center of rear section, and positions front section on rod at specified distance from rear section.

• 3) Pulls cloth over drum and centers it over space between drum sections.

• 4) Secures cloth edges to pins set across drum.

• 5) Turns valve to admit steam to pipes to soften material.

• 6) Turns crank to wind specified amount of cloth around drum.

• 7) Cuts cloth, using hand shears, and pushes drum between jaws of machine.

• 8) Presses button to activate jaws that fold and gather cloth into space between drums and press gathered edge between points of lacings.

• 9) Removes laced buffing material when pressing cycle is complete.

• 10) Turns dial to control length of pressing cycle, according to style of buffing wheel.