Job Description:

• 1) Tends machine that cuts metal plates, sheets, or structural shapes into specified radial or irregular shapes by action of reciprocating cutting knives or punches: Positions and clamps specified cutter or punch into ram and bed of machine.

• 2) Turns thumbscrews to adjust depth of stroke to thickness of metal.

• 3) Turns handwheel to set specified distance between cutter or punch and center point of turntable or fixtures, using built-in scale or rule.

• 4) Clamps guide and drive rollers over workpiece.

• 5) Depresses pedal which activates ram and feed rollers to cut or punch along radius.

• 6) Guides workpiece manually along cutting lines or template to cut irregular shapes.

• 7) May lay out guidelines onto workpiece by tracing from template.

• 8) Mat drill center hole into workpiece, using portable drill.

• 9) May bevel edges of steel plates, using portable pneumatic nibbler.