Job Description:

• 1) Operates battery of automatic machines that straighten, cut off, head, and sharpen wire to form straight pins: Places coil of wire on pedestal stand and threads end of wire through machine to heading dies.

• 2) Adjusts straightening rolls, feeding arm, and stop to diameter and length of wire, using wrenches.

• 3) Starts machine and measures sampling of first pins for conformance to specifications, such as length, head diameter, and angle of point to shank, using micrometers and fixed gauges.

• 4) Replaces dull cutters or point-grinding bars, using handtools, such as wrenches, screwdrivers, and pliers.

• 5) Mounts dies in bench lathe and removes burrs and repolishes head cavity, using stick dipped in polishing paste.

• 6) Empties pin-filled catch pails into tote trays.