Job Description:

• 1) Tends battery of automatic swaging machines that form lead wire or slugs into bullets or cores for jacketed bullets: Threads lead wire from reel over takeup pulleys and through feed mechanism and between forming wheels, or fills machine hopper with cylindrical lead slugs.

• 2) Starts machine and observes feeding, forming, and ejecting mechanisms to detect malfunction.

• 3) Examines finished pieces for malformation and scratches.

• 4) Verifies weight, contour, and dimensions, using balance scale and fixed gauges.

• 5) Mixes oil and kerosene in prescribed proportion and fills machine wells to lubricate lead wire or slugs.

• 6) Notifies SWAGING-MACHINE ADJUSTER of machine malfunction.

• 7) May make minor adjustments, such as replacing worn dies, using handtools.