Job Description:

• 1) Tends sanding machine that sands cylindrical woodstock by rotating stock against strips of sandpaper backed by sanding brushes: Turns handwheel to space chucks of machine according to length of stock, and aligns feed rest for feeding stock to stock carriers, using wrench.

• 2) Clamps strips of slitted sandpaper and sanding brushes in position.

• 3) Pushes button to start machine.

• 4) Places stock on feed rest for pick up by rotating spindles or positions stocks between chucks manually.

• 5) Observes and feels stock discharged from machine into receptacle to verify smoothness, or removes stock from chucks manually.

• 6) Cleans machine with airhose.

• 7) May move levers to adjust feed carrier and rotating chucks, and to force sanding brushes against stock.

• 8) May tend sanding machine that removes excess plaster of paris from corncob pipe bowls and be designated Bowl Sander.