Job Description:

• 1) Scrapes metal workpieces with handtools to smooth machine ways, surface plates, and bearing surfaces to ensure free action of parts: Positions workpiece on worktable, in vise, or in fixture, and secures it with clamps and wrenches.

• 2) Files and grinds burrs from workpiece.

• 3) Applies pigment to surface plate with brush, cloth, or sponge.

• 4) Positions workpiece and surface plate against each other, rubs one surface against other to determine high spots.

• 5) Selects hand scraper and scrapes workpiece surface to remove high spots indicated by pigment pattern.

• 6) Repeats operation until pigment pattern is even over work surface.

• 7) May inspect workpiece for conformity to specifications, using such instruments as dial indicator, height gauge, master, surface plate, and gauge blocks.

• 8) May use powered hand scraper.

• 9) May polish and buff steel articles, using portable polisher or buffing brush.