Job Description:

• 1) Tends machine equipped with multiple stations that solders typewriter type to type bars: Clamps type bar and segment-assembly to holding plate of machine.

• 2) Selects type in designated sequence and positions type between guides, or in matrix plate on machine table.

• 3) Pulls down first type bar with fingers and seats end of bar in back slot of type.

• 4) Pushes table or depresses treadle that moves assembly to next station where flux, solder, and coolant air are automatically applied.

• 5) May apply flux to back slot, using tweezers.

• 6) May adjust guides for different styles of type, using size blocks and turning setscrews.

• 7) May remove excess solder to prevent type from binding in type guide, using pencil-flame gas torch and brush or file.