Job Description:

• 1) Positions loom needles into slots of mold and pours liquid resins into mold to cast needle bars for use in weaving on looms: Selects type and size mold according to type and size loom needles to be set.

• 2) Weighs out and mixes resins and hardeners to prepare casting material.

• 3) Inserts and aligns loom needles into slots of mold, and clamps top onto mold.

• 4) Pours casting mixture into opening in mold and allows mixture to set for specified time.

• 5) Removes cast needle bar from mold, using pliers, and smooths rough spots, using steel wool, sandpaper, and electric emery wheel.

• 6) Breaks up cracked or broken needle bars, using hammer, to salvage reusable loom needles.

• 7) Hammers out bent places in used loom needles to prepare needles for recasting.