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Job Title: Timber-Sizer Operator
Timber-Sizer Operator Job Description:
Operates planing machine to surface planks and timbers and reduce stock to specified dimensions: Installs cutting heads on machine drive spindles and adjusts blade exposure according to specified depth of cut, using wrenches and gauges. Adjusts feed roll tension and positions fences that guide stock between cutterheads. Starts machine, exhaust blower, and conveyors, and slides timber against guide to align timber on feed rolls. Verifies dimensions of sized stock, using gauge or rule.
Head Sawyer
Operates head saw and feed carriage to saw logs into cants or boards: Starts mechanical loader arms ...
Excelsior-Machine Tender
Tends one or more machines that shred woodstock into excelsior: Presses pedal to open feed rollers a...
Packager, Head
Operates double-end trimming machine to saw simultaneously several pieces of lumber to identical len...
Gang Sawyer
Operates gangsaw or sash-gangsaw to cut lumber from cants: Moves hand and foot levers to shift cants...
Bolter
Tends circular saw that cuts slabs, edgings, and short logs into pieces suitable for making sawmill ...
Operates head saw and feed carriage to saw logs into cants or boards: Starts mechanical loader arms ...
Excelsior-Machine Tender
Tends one or more machines that shred woodstock into excelsior: Presses pedal to open feed rollers a...
Packager, Head
Operates double-end trimming machine to saw simultaneously several pieces of lumber to identical len...
Gang Sawyer
Operates gangsaw or sash-gangsaw to cut lumber from cants: Moves hand and foot levers to shift cants...
Bolter
Tends circular saw that cuts slabs, edgings, and short logs into pieces suitable for making sawmill ...