Job Description:

• 1) Sets up and operates one or more gear milling machines to machine splines or gear teeth on metal blanks, according to machining instructions and knowledge of gear milling procedures: Reads blueprints or machining instructions to determine machine settings, fixtures and milling tools to use, and gear specifications, such as dimensions and tolerances.

• 2) Clamps workpiece in fixture or presses it onto arbor.

• 3) Positions and secures cutter on spindle in relation to workpiece, using wrenches.

• 4) Moves levers or mounts gears in machine to set feed rates and rotation speeds of cutter and workpiece in relation to each other.

• 5) Starts machine, turns valve handle, and directs flow of coolant against cutter and workpiece.

• 6) Verifies conformance of machined gears to specifications, using micrometers, gear measuring wires, and special gear inspection equipment.

• 7) May compute data, such as gear dimensions and machine settings, applying knowledge of shop mathematics.

• 8) May machine plastics or other nonmetallic materials.

• 9) May be required to have experience with custom or production work, or with particular material, product, or size, type, or trade name of machine.