Job Description:

• 1) Straightens metal workpieces to blueprint specifications, using handtools and knowledge of metal properties: Rolls workpiece on flat surface or mounts and rotates it between centers to ascertain irregularities visually or with dial indicator.

• 2) Positions workpiece on surface plate or anvil and hammers workpiece at points of irregularity to straighten it.

• 3) Hammers mandrel through cylindrical objects, such as pipes or tubing to remove dents or kinks.

• 4) Measures straightened workpiece for conformance with specifications, using straightedge, micrometers, and calipers.

• 5) May straighten workpiece in straightening press.

• 6) May heat workpiece in furnace or with heating torch to straighten it.

• 7) May be designated according to parts straightened as Tool Straightener; Straightener, Gun Parts.