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A professional who operates power saws to cut lumber to specified dimensions for bottom and sides of wooden tanks and cuts out tank bottom from assembled boards. Responsibilities include:
* Measures and marks boards to specified length for tank bottom.
* Cuts bottom boards, using swinging cutoff saw.
* Measures and cuts stave lumber to specified length for stave.
* Gives directions to workers placing and centering bottom assembly on turntable near bandsaw.
* Turns handwheel to move turntable toward bandsaw.
* Starts bandsaw and feeds bottom assembly against blade of saw and revolves turntable to cut assembly along circle marked on assembly by tank assembler.
* Withdraws bottom from saw.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates power saws to cut lumber to specified dimensions for bottom and sides of wooden tanks and cuts out tank bottom from assembled boards. Responsibilities include:
* Measures and marks boards to specified length for tank bottom.
* Cuts bottom boards, using swinging cutoff saw.
* Measures and cuts stave lumber to specified length for stave.
* Gives directions to workers placing and centering bottom assembly on turntable near bandsaw.
* Turns handwheel to move turntable toward bandsaw.
* Starts bandsaw and feeds bottom assembly against blade of saw and revolves turntable to cut assembly along circle marked on assembly by tank assembler.
* Withdraws bottom from saw.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates bandsaw to saw curved or irregular designs on woodstock or to saw thick wooden pieces to size. Responsibilities include:
* Turns handwheels to adjust machine bed and set tension on blade between drive and idler wheels of bandsaw.
* Turns knobs to adjust guide post of blade, according to thickness of stock, and to position friction wheel behind blade to prevent backward movement of blade when cutting stock.
* Positions jig or attachment on machine bed to cut stock to size, using c-clamps and wrenches.
* Starts machine and pushes or turns stock against bandsaw blade to cut stock along marked outline or configuration of jig.
* Removes cut stock and verifies dimensions of stock, using rule, caliper, and pattern.
* Opens drive and idler wheel covers and turns handwheels to loosen tension on bandsaw blade to replace dull or defective blades.
* May nail several pieces of woodstock together when one design is to be cut.
* May position template on woodstock and mark cutting outline on stock, using pencil and template.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates machine to cut blocks of wood into boards of specified thickness for bottoms of buckets and tubs. Responsibilities include:
* Adjusts height of guide for desired thickness of board.
* Clamps wood in position on feed carriage.
* Starts saw rotating.
* Pushes carriage over saw and withdraws carriage cutting off board of specified thickness.
* Loosens clamp and drops wood down on guide for next cut.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates machine to trim corners of lock-corner wooden boxes. Responsibilities include:
* Adjusts position of guide rails, using wrench.
* Starts saw and holds corner of box against guide rails and pushes box into saw, trimming excess material from lock-corner.
* Piles trimmed boxes on handtruck.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates one or more single- or multiple-blade circular saws to cut wood and wood products to specified lengths. Responsibilities include:
* Adjusts and secures ends and backstops on saw table, using wrench, or bolts saws to shaft and turns handwheels to space saws and stops, according to specified length of stock.
* Starts saw and places material to be cut on conveyor belt, drums, or feed chain that feeds stock into saws, or positions workpiece against end stop and under saw, synchronizing action with automatically descending blade, or pushes material on table and cuts wood, depending on type saw, utilizing one of following methods:
** (1) Pulls lever to swing saw through material.
** (2) Pushes moveable table past saw.
** (3) Depresses treadle to raise saw through slot in machine table.
** (4) Tilts table for angle cut and presses pedal to move saw through workpiece to cut stock.
* Replaces dull or damaged saw blades and lubricates machine, using wrench and grease gun.
* May examine material prior to cutting to determine what cuts will remove defects and produce maximum footage.
* May verify dimensions of stock cut and accuracy of cuts, using rule and square.
* May be designated according to type of saw used as double-cut-off-saw operator; drum-saw operator; swinging-cut-off-saw operator; table-cut-off-saw operator; tilting-saw operator; treadle-cut-off-saw operator.
* May be designated: equalizing-saw operator; multiple-cut-off-saw operator; timber cutter.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates multiple-blade sawing machine and conveyor system from panelboard to straighten edges of rough lumber and saw lumber into boards of prescribed widths. Responsibilities include:
* Starts conveyor to move lumber and scans board as it passes to determine cut that will produce highest quality and grade.
* Presses panel buttons to space saw blades and trips pedal to start feed rollers leading to saws.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates gangsaw or sash-gangsaw to cut lumber from cants. Responsibilities include:
* Moves hand and foot levers to shift cants from chain conveyor table to live rolls and align cants with saws.
* Starts machine and turns handwheels to adjust feed and tension rollers and speed of machine.
* May adjust saws to vary width of cuts, using handtools.
* May replace saw blades.
* May be designated according to type of saw operated as circular-gang-saw operator; sash-gang-saw operator.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates head saw, log carriage, and conveyor system, using panel buttons and hand and foot controls to saw logs into rough cants or boards. Responsibilities include:
* Starts conveyor that transfers log to log carriage with kicker arms.
* Activates log turners that turn log, scans log to ascertain best approach for trimming and cutting, and aligns log with saw.
* Sets specified depth of cut and activates carriage to force log against saw blade to cut board.
* Scans exposed face of log after first cut to determine grade and size of next cut.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates head saw, log carriage, and conveyor system, using panel buttons and hand and foot controls to saw logs into rough cants or boards. Responsibilities include:
* Starts conveyor that transfers log to log carriage with kicker arms.
* Activates log turners that turn log, scans log to ascertain best approach for trimming and cutting, and aligns log with saw.
* Sets specified depth of cut and activates carriage to force log against saw blade to cut board.
* Scans exposed face of log after first cut to determine grade and size of next cut.
Industry:Professional careers
