Job Description:

• 1) Replaces worn abrasive surface on leather or felt polishing wheels, canvas belts, and metal or fiber disks, and balances wheels: Immerses wheel or disk in solution to soften glue.

• 2) Mounts wheel on electrically driven, pedestal-mounted spindle, using wrench, and holds pumice stone against rotating wheel to remove compacted abrasive.

• 3) Rubs fingers over wheel surface to detect abrasive fragments.

• 4) Brushes binding agent on wheel or disk.

• 5) Rolls wheel in tray of abrasive powder or sprinkles powder over disk to cover surface with abrasive.

• 6) Pounds wheel or disk with wooden block to force abrasive into binding agent.

• 7) Centers wheel on static balancer to locate placement for lead weight to balance wheel.

• 8) Removes lead weight from heavy side of wheel or nails counterweight to opposite side to balance wheel.