Job Description:

• 1) Operates machine to slice flitches into veneer strips: Adjusts gears of mechanism that automatically advances flitch specified distance for each slice, using wrench.

• 2) Places flitch with selected grain pattern side toward knife in machine clamps and tightens clamps, using wrench.

• 3) Starts machine, verifies thickness of veneer with ruler or caliper, and adjusts feed mechanism.

• 4) Releases clamps to drop piece too thin for slicing.

• 5) May cut defects from surface of flitch, using chisel and mallet.

• 6) May operate circular saw to cut flitches.