Job Description:

• 1) Sets up and operates hydraulic press to bend tubes used in making brass-wind instruments: Fastens bending die onto press, using wrenches and screwdriver.

• 2) Fits tube into revolving lateral die, using gauge to align center of tube under descending die.

• 3) Starts press to lower overhead die and bend tube.

• 4) Verifies accuracy of bend, using template.

• 5) May cut tube to specified length, using table saw.

• 6) May fill tube with lead to prevent wrinkling during bending.

• 7) May bend tube around forming blocks manually.

• 8) May press steel balls through tube or hammer pitch-filled tube to remove wrinkles.