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Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
Set up, operate, or tend wood sawing machines. Includes head sawyers.
Other names for Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood:
Automatic Bandsaw Tender, Automatic Edger, Automatic Log Cut-Off Sawyer, Backup Sawyer, Band Saw Operator, Band Saw Runner, Band Sawyer, Band Scroll Saw Operator, Bandmill Operator, Bead Cutter, Beading Sawyer, Bill Cutter, Billet Cutter, Block Bolter Mule Operator, Block Cutter, Block Saw Operator, Block Sawyer, Board Saw Runner, Bolt Machine Operator, Bolt Maker, Bolter, Bottom Saw Operator, Butting Saw Operator, Button Sawyer, Buzzsaw Operator, Casey Saw Operator, Chain Saw Driver, Chip-N-Saw Operator, Chop Saw Operator, Chucking and Sawing Machine Operator, Circle Cutting Saw Operator, Circle Saw Operator, Circular Head Saw Operator, Clipper Machine Operator, Clipper Operator, Cob Sawyer, Coping Machine Operator, Cordwood Cutter, Cork Slabs Sawyer, Corner Brace Block Machine Operator, Corner Former, Corner Trimmer Operator, Cross Cut Saw Operator, Crosscutter, Croze Machine Operator, Crozer, Crozer Operator, Curve Saw Operator, Cut Off Saw Operator, Cut Off Sawyer, Cut Off Worker, Cutter, Debarker Operator, Defect Cutter, Dimension Mill Worker, Door Cutter, Dowel Pointer, Drag Sawyer, Dragsaw Operator, Drum Saw Operator, Edge Runner, Edge Sawyer, Edger, Edger Feeder, Edger Operator, Edger Runner, Edger Saw Operator, Edgerman, Edging Catcher, Edging Machine Operator, Equalizer, Equalizer Operator, Gang Head Saw Operator, Gang Rip Operator, Gang Saw Operator, Gang Sawyer, Head Automatic Sawyer, Head Packager, Head Sawyer, Heading Saw Operator, Heading Up Machine Operator, Hewer, Hoop Cutter, Jigsaw Operator, Jigsawyer, Kerfer Machine Operator, Knee Bolter, Knife Setter, Knot Cutter, Knot Saw Operator, Lather, Lathmaker, Log Chipper, Log Cut Off Sawyer, Log Cut-Off Sawyer, Log Sawyer, Lumber Grader, Lumber Planer, Lumber Trimmer, Machine Operator, Machine Tank Operator, Manufacturing Assistant, Manufacturing Associate, Manufacturing Operator, Matcher Operator, Matching Machine Operator, Mill Worker, Miller, Mine Wedge Sawyer, Miter Operator, Miter Saw Operator, Miter Sawyer, Mitering Machine Operator, Panel Saw Operator, Planer, Plug Saw Operator, Pocket Cutter, Pond Sawyer, Pony Edger, Pony Trimmer, Portable Sawmill Operator, Power Wood Sawyer, Prop Cutter, Prop Sawyer, Radial Arm Saw Operator, Radial Saw Operator, Ratchet Setter, Resaw Carriage Operator, Resaw Operator, Resawyer, Resizer Operator, Rip and Groove Machine Operator, Rip Saw Operator, Rip Sawyer, Ripper, Ripsaw Operator, Rough Mill Machine Operator, Sander Operator, Saw Operator, Saw Runner, Sawmill Hand, Sawmill Worker, Sawyer, Shake Cutter, Shake Maker, Shake Sawyer, Shake Splitter, Shaping Machine Tender, Shim Plug Cutter, Shingle Cutter, Shingle Sawyer, Shingle Trimmer, Side Sawyer, Slasher, Slasher Operator, Splitter, Stave and Bolt Equalizer, Stave Bolt Equalizer, Stave Cutter, Stave Hewer, Stave Log Cut-Off Saw Operator, Stave Log Ripsaw Operator, Stave Saw Operator, Stile Ripsaw Operator, Stock Cutter, Stock Grader, Stock Patch Sawyer, Swing Saw Operator, Tail Edger, Tail Sawyer, Tail Trimmer, Tenon Machine Operator, Tenoner Operator, Tie Sawyer, Timber Cutter, Timber Trimmer, Trim Saw Operator, Trim Sawyer, Trimmer, Trimmer Machine Operator, Trimmer Sawyer, Trimming Machine Operator, Turning Machine Operator, Two Pass Saw Operator, Unisaw Operator, Utility Operator, Variety Saw Operator, Veneer Clipper, Veneer Cutter, Veneer Sawyer, Whip Sawyer, Wood Cutter, Wood Gang Sawyer, Wood Sawyer, Wood Type Cutter,
What do Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood do?
Adjust saw blades, using wrenches and rulers, or by turning handwheels or pressing pedals, levers, or panel buttons.
Inspect and measure workpieces to mark for cuts and to verify the accuracy of cuts, using rulers, squares, or caliper rules.
Examine logs or lumber in order to plan the best cuts.
Set up, operate, or tend saws and machines that cut or trim wood to specified dimensions, such as circular saws, band saws, multiple-blade sawing machines, scroll saws, ripsaws, and crozer machines.
Inspect stock for imperfections and to estimate grades or qualities of stock or workpieces.
Operate panelboards of saw and conveyor systems to move stock through processes, and to cut stock to specified dimensions.
Mount and bolt sawing blades or attachments to machine shafts.
Monitor sawing machines, adjusting speed and tension and clearing jams to ensure proper operation.
Select saw blades, types and grades of stock, and cutting procedures to be used, according to work orders or supervisors' instructions.
Guide workpieces against saws, saw over workpieces by hand, or operate automatic feeding devices to guide cuts.
Adjust bolts, clamps, stops, guides, and table angles and heights, using hand tools.
Sharpen blades or replace defective or worn blades and bands, using hand tools.
Count, sort, and stack finished workpieces.
Lubricate and clean machines, using wrenches, grease guns, and solvents.
Clear machine jams, using hand tools.
Dispose of waste material after completing work assignments.
Measure and mark stock for cuts.
Examine blueprints, drawings, work orders, or patterns to determine equipment set-up and selection details, procedures to be used, and dimensions of final products.
Pull tables back against stops, and depress pedals to advance cutterheads that shape stock ends.
Trim lumber to straighten rough edges and remove defects, using circular saws.
Position and clamp stock on tables, conveyors, or carriages, using hoists, guides, stops, dogs, wedges, and wrenches.
Cut grooves, bevels, and miters, saw curved or irregular designs, and sever or shape metals, according to specifications or work orders.
Unclamp and remove finished workpieces from tables.
Unload and roll logs from trucks to sawmill decks or to carriages, or move logs in ponds, using pike poles.
