Compo Caster
Job Title: Compo Caster
Compo Caster Duties: Compounds and casts ornamenting putty (compo) into designs and glues designs to picture moldings: Measures glue, resin, linseed oil, and water into separate gluepots and weighs them. Melts glue and resin and combines ingredients into one pot. Inspects mixture to ascertain viscosity and pours it into tube that contains […]
Feather Shaper
Job Title: Feather Shaper
Feather Shaper Duties: Trims, cuts, bones, straightens, and curls feathers for use in decorations for displays and garments, using handtools, such as knives and scissors: Draws feather between knife and thumb to curl feather or cuts portion from quill, using knife, to make feather soft and wavy or applies steam to make […]
Textile Screen Maker
Job Title: Screen Maker, Textile
Screen Maker, Textile Duties: Prepares stencils used in screen printing of textile materials: Assembles prefabricated parts to construct silk screen frame, using handtools and wing nuts. Clamps frame and silk screen material in stretching machine and activates machine that stretches screen material over frame. Glues screen to frame and cuts excess […]
Dovetail-Machine Operator
Job Title: Dovetail-Machine Operator
Dovetail-Machine Operator Duties: Tends machine that presses notched ends of boards together to form lock-corner box frame: Turns handwheels to adjust side and end pressure bars according to frame dimension. Positions boards on table and starts machine. Presses pedal to activate pressure bars that force notched ends of boards together, forming lock-corner […]