Job Description:

• 1) Molds and assembles plastic tools, such as gauges, jigs, templates, and fixtures, following blueprints: Spreads layers of glass cloth on molds or forms and brushes each layer with plastic to build plastic tool following configuration of mold.

• 2) Pries cured plastic tool from mold with prying tool.

• 3) Calculates, from blueprints, location of guide and reference lines and holes for tools.

• 4) Measures and marks location of lines and holes on tools, using calipers, micrometers, and protractors.

• 5) Drills holes in tools, using drill press, and forces bushings into holes, using arbor press or hammer.

• 6) Assembles tools by laminating them with glass cloth and resin.

• 7) Verifies alignment and dimensions of assembly, using calipers, height gauges, gram scale, and sight level.

• 8) Trims excess material from tool parts with power grinder.

• 9) Fills space between adjoining parts with plastic.

• 10) May build wood frame to support and maintain alignment of complex tools, using carpenter's handtools.

• 11) May laminate tools to frame.