Job Description:

• 1) Sets up and operates grinding machines to shape and sharpen planer knives and woodworking machine cutters according to specifications: Positions and secures workpiece or sheet stock, template, and machine accessories onto machine, using handtools.

• 2) Turns handwheels to set travel and pressure of cutterhead or knife stock across or against grinding wheel to shape or sharpen workpiece.

• 3) Starts machine and observes grinding operation to verify conformance to specifications.

• 4) May cut out plastic templates used to fabricate knives and cutterheads.

• 5) May hone cutting edge of ground knives, using whetstone and oil.

• 6) May cut and grind silicon carbide jointing stones to match pattern of knives.

• 7) May select and install grinding wheels on machine, using handtools, applying knowledge of product specifications and abrasives.

• 8) May manipulate blade across grinding wheel by hand.

• 9) May turn valve to control flow of coolant.

• 10) May sharpen or shape knives and saw blades, using handtools.

• 11) May sharpen bits and boring tool.