Job Description:

• 1) Sets up and operates pantograph engraving machine to engrave designs or lettering on engraving dies, nameplates, stamps or seals, following two or three-dimensional pattern or blueprint: Positions and secures pattern to workpiece on cutting table, using rule, square, calipers, and fixtures.

• 2) Sets reduction scale and controls of pantograph to attain specified size of reproduction on workpiece and height, depth, and width of cut.

• 3) Sharpens cutting tools on cutter grinder.

• 4) Inserts cutting tool into spindle of machine and secures it with wrench.

• 5) Starts machine and lowers stylus to beginning point on pattern.

• 6) Guides stylus over pattern.

• 7) Observes action of cutting tool and adjusts movement of stylus to ensure accurate reproduction and verifies conformance to specifications, using micrometers and calipers.

• 8) May observe action of cutting tool through microscope.