Job Description:

• 1) Tends series of milling machines to machine crochet needles from bone blanks: Inserts end of blank into chuck of machine.

• 2) Starts machine, and pushes lever to feed blank along milling cutter to turn it to cylindrical shape.

• 3) Repeats operation on other machines to form ornamental handle and to cut hook in end of needle.

• 4) Regulates speed of feed of blank to cutters, according to resistance felt in lever, to avoid burning or breaking blank.