Job Description:

• 1) Wraps leather strips around or slips rubber tubes on articles, such as golf clubs, tennis rackets, and archery bows to form grips or handles, using one of following methods: Positions workpiece in machine that rotates article.

• 2) Brushes or smears adhesive on area to be wrapped.

• 3) Staples, tacks, or otherwise fastens end of leather strip to starting position of grip.

• 4) Starts machine and feeds leather strip onto rotating workpiece to wrap handle area, taking care to align edges of strip against one another without overlap or open spaces.

• 5) Trims excess leather at end of grip with knife and fastens with tape or sleeve.

• 6) Places workpiece in vise.

• 7) Wraps two-way tape around area to be gripped.

• 8) Aligns and slides rubber tube onto workpiece to fully cover grip area.

• 9) May wind nylon cord around neck of wood golf club head, using turning machine, and be designated Wood-Club-Neck Whipper.