Job Description:

• 1) Operates planing machine to surface planks and timbers and reduce stock to specified dimensions: Installs cutting heads on machine drive spindles and adjusts blade exposure according to specified depth of cut, using wrenches and gauges.

• 2) Adjusts feed roll tension and positions fences that guide stock between cutterheads.

• 3) Starts machine, exhaust blower, and conveyors, and slides timber against guide to align timber on feed rolls.

• 4) Verifies dimensions of sized stock, using gauge or rule.