Job Description:

• 1) Tends machines that automatically cut and shape wire to make nails of specified size: Mounts coil of wire on rod, and threads wire through straightening rollers and feeding mechanism into slots of die plates.

• 2) Tightens roller bolts to regulate feed of wire, using wrench.

• 3) Starts machine.

• 4) Inspects nails for such flaws as chips and distortions.

• 5) Measures sample nail, using split gauge or micrometer, and notifies NAIL-MAKING-MACHINE SETTER of deviations from specifications.

• 6) Records production data.

• 7) May tend machines that automatically cut coiled wire and attach tackheads to form tacks of specified size.

• 8) May tend machine that bends and cuts wire to form spokes for tricycle wheels and be designated Spoke Maker.