Job Description:

• 1) Heats and bends glass tubes to form scroll of electric neon signs according to pattern: Tacks asbestos pattern onto workbench.

• 2) Cuts length of tubing required to form letters, using file.

• 3) Holds tube over gas burner at point to be bent, rotating tube to heat it uniformly.

• 4) Places rubber hose over end of tubing.

• 5) Blows into hose to prevent glass from collapsing and bends tube by hand.

• 6) Superimposes bent tubing on asbestos pattern to ensure accuracy.

• 7) When letter or scroll has been formed, places electrode in each end of tube and heats with gas burner to fuse in place.

• 8) Paints or tapes portions of tubing to separate letters.

• 9) Repairs broken scroll by replacing with new sections of tubing.

• 10) May charge tubing with gas.