Job Description:

• 1) Repairs pipes and cigar and cigarette holders according to customer's specifications, using lathe: Fits rubber or plastic mouthpiece blank in lathe chuck.

• 2) Guides tools against revolving blank to drill and ream airhole and to turn end of blank to fit pipe or holder.

• 3) Carves blank with scraper or presses blank against grinding and buffing wheel to shape mouthpiece according to customer's specifications.

• 4) Heats pipe stem over flame to bend stem to specified angle.

• 5) Cuts threads on stem and pipe shank, using tap and die.

• 6) Repairs broken or cracked shanks with cement, metal bands, or screws.