Job Description:

• 1) Sets up and operates spinning lathe to spin shaped articles from sheet or plate metal, using blueprints and knowledge of physical properties of metal: Bolts specified spinning chuck to headstock spindle and follow block to tailstock, using handtools or power tools.

• 2) Clamps metal disk to chuck by turning handwheel that forces follow block against disk.

• 3) Secures steady rest fixture on cross-slide.

• 4) Starts machine and coats outside of rotating disk with spinning compound.

• 5) Positions, holds, and moves long-handled compound lever tool against disk, using steady rest as fulcrum point, to apply required pressure to form disk over and into shape of spinning chuck.

• 6) Varies amount and location of pressure on disk according to type of metal, shape of spinning chuck, speed of lathe, and temperature and thickness of metal disk.

• 7) Replaces steady rest with bar tool attachment, turns handwheel to set bar tool and cut off excess metal from workpiece.

• 8) Verifies dimension of finished article with steel rule and diameter tape.

• 9) May form wood spinning chucks by turning on lathe.