Job Description:

• 1) Tends machine that tapers ends of wooden stems of smoking pipes for insertion into corncob pipe bowls: Selects frazing head, according to size specifications on work ticket, and inserts frazing head into shaft of machine, using mallet.

• 2) Starts machine.

• 3) Grabs stem with pliers and inserts end of stem into frazer head, tapering end to specified dimensions.

• 4) Verifies dimensions of tapered stem against specifications, using micrometers or slip rings.

• 5) Turns setscrews to adjust angle of blades in frazer head, using screwdriver.

• 6) Removes blades from frazer head and sharpens blades, using powered grinding stone.