Job Description:

• 1) Sets up and operates machines, such as watchmaker's lathe, bench miller, and tap grinder to make taps and dies used in manufacture of watch screws and taps: Makes master taps following blueprints and working to pitch tolerance of 0.

• 2) 00002 inch and outside diameter tolerance of 0.

• 3) 0001 inch.

• 4) Threads master dies, using master taps.

• 5) Makes working taps and dies from master taps and dies, using variety of semiautomatic machine tools.

• 6) Laps, mills, spots, etches, drills, and taps die blanks, using variety of abrasives, bench machines, and precision gauges.

• 7) Anneals and hardens dies, utilizing knowledge of heat-treating operations.