Job Description:

• 1) Operates skiving machine to round and groove rectangular, hollow, wooden blanks to shape parts for rifles and shotguns: Mounts blank between front and tail mandrels and locks tailstock to secure workpiece.

• 2) Starts machine to rotate blank.

• 3) Turns handcrank to feed skiving knives into workpiece until lug stops are reached, indicating end of cut.

• 4) Reverses handcrank to withdraw knives.

• 5) Moves lever to bring cutters down to trim and face ends.

• 6) Examines finished piece for imperfections, such as cracks, knots, and broken ends.

• 7) Measures length and diameter of slide handles and depth of grooves, using fixed gauges.