General Overview:

Operates wood turning lathes to turn and shape wood stock.

Tasks Include:

• studies drawings or reads work orders or specifications to determine set-up data
• positions and secures wood stock in lathes
• adjusts turning speeds to size of work
• positions and clamps tool rests
• starts machines, places gauge chisels on tool rests in contact with stock and reduces square stock to rough cylinders
• lays out cutting lines according to drawings
• resets speed control to speed appropriate for diameter of workpieces
• places chisels against rotating workpieces to cut shapes
• may smooth surfaces of work by holding sandpaper against rotating workpieces
• may apply wax or other finishes to workpieces