Job Description:

• 1) Sets up and operates semiautomatic tooth-cutting machine to shape teeth on watch escape wheels: Positions stack of blanks on arbor, inserts and locks arbor in machine spindle, and starts machine which automatically stops at end of cycle.

• 2) Removes wheel from machine and verifies dimensions of wheel diameters in ring go-not-go gauge.

• 3) Examines wheel under toolmaker's microscope and compares its blown-up shadow with scale drawing on projector screen to determine if wheel conforms to specified tolerances.

• 4) Adjusts machine, using handtools, to correct for size and dimensions until parts are within tolerances, or to accommodate different size wheels.

• 5) May operate bank of milling machines.

• 6) May be designated according to type of wheel cut as Tooth Cutter, Contact Wheel.