Job Description:

• 1) Tends machine that cuts frayed edges or excess material from articles, such as hat brims or fabric buffing wheels, or separates hat brims from crowns prior to finishing operations: Measures radius of article, using ruler.

• 2) Turns setscrews on machine guide to adjust width of cut, according to specifications.

• 3) Positions edge of article or crown against guide on bed of machine and pulls lever to lower rotary cutting blade onto article.

• 4) Depresses pedal or pushes button to start machine that rotates article against revolving blade to cut article.

• 5) May rotate article against cutting blade by hand.

• 6) May be designated according to material cut as Straw-Hat-Brim-Cutter Operator; Trimmer, Buffing Wheel.

• 7) May tend machine that rakes and trims buffing wheels simultaneously and be designated Facer, Buffing Wheel.