Job Description:

• 1) Compounds and casts ornamenting putty into designs and glues designs to picture moldings: Measures glue, resin, linseed oil, and water into separate gluepots and weighs them.

• 2) Melts glue and resin and combines ingredients into one pot.

• 3) Inspects mixture to ascertain viscosity and pours it into tube that contains whiting.

• 4) Stirs, kneads, and shapes putty into loaf.

• 5) Presses loaf into mold with hand and thumbs.

• 6) Clamps board over filled mold and places it in press.

• 7) Pushes button or turns handwheel to activate and release press.

• 8) Removes casting, trims design, and places it on table to harden.

• 9) Brushes glue on back of hardened ornament and lays it in place on blank picture molding.