Job Description:

• 1) Tends lathe that spins shaped articles from sheet or plate metal: Pushes lever to move tailstock, forcing disk against chuck of lathe.

• 2) Slides hydraulic carriage forward to position circular forming tool against metal disk.

• 3) Starts machine that presses rotating circular tool against disk to form disk into shape of spinning chuck.

• 4) Removes finished article and verifies dimensions, using fixed gauge.

• 5) May tend spinning lathe equipped with knife and beading rolls which trims, or trims and bends, shaped article.

• 6) May tend spinning lathe to bead and iron smooth finish or form knurls onto drawn articles.

• 7) May be designated according to operation performed as Automatic-Beading-Lathe Operator; Rolling-Machine Operator, Automatic.