Job Description:

• 1) Sets up and operates battery of machines to cold forge BB shot for air rifles from coils of steel wire: Aligns die halves that form ball on end of wire, using handtools.

• 2) Turns setscrews and stop nuts to adjust and synchronize cutoff tool, ram stroke, and feeder arm.

• 3) Threads wire through straightening rollers and feeding mechanism into ram head.

• 4) Starts machine and observes operation to detect malfunction.

• 5) Measures shot for conformance to specified tolerances, using micrometer.

• 6) Sharpens and shapes cutoff tool, using bench grinder.