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HARDWARE ASSEMBLER

Specialty Definition: HARDWARE ASSEMBLER

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Occupations

Attaches hardware, such as drawer pulls, locks, latches, or metal ornaments, to finished furniture, using handtools and power screwdriver: Examines drawings or work ticket to ascertain location and type of hardware to be mounted to furniture. Attaches wooden molding, decorative carvings, trim, and hardware to furniture, using nails, screws, adhesive spray gun, handtools, and power screwdriver. Staples plastic tabs on top edges of drawers or brushes liquid paraffin on drawer edges to facilitate ease of opening and closing drawers. Wraps keys, trays, and drawer dividers in paper and places them inside cabinet. Inserts felt-backed metal clips between drawers and furniture case to hold drawers during shipment. May hang doors by screwing hinges to predrilled holes. May press electric iron against inside panel of furniture case drawers to burn brand name on drawer. (references)
 Attaches hinges to wooden bifold doors with power screwdriver, working as member of three-member crew: Pushes cart of matched doors to feed end of conveyor. Removes and places matched pair of doors face to face on their side edges onto conveyor that conveys doors to stop guide under jigs. Places off-set hinges in jigs; and flips switch to activate bars that grasp, lift, and hold doors in position under jigs. Screws hinges to doors, using power screwdriver, to join doors. Depresses foot bar to release joined doors onto conveyor for subsequent packing. (references)
 Attaches metal findings onto leather to decorate articles, such as belts, gloves, and handbags, using either of following methods: (1) Positions template on precut leather article. Punches holes in leather, following markings on template, using hammer and punch. Inserts findings, such as buttons, locks, and ornaments, into holes and clinches findings, using hammer and prying tool. (2) Brushes cement onto fittings, positions fittings on premarked leather article, and presses fittings to leather. (references)
 Attaches hardware, such as hinges, latches, or lockplates, to wooden boxes, using either of following methods: (1) Inserts hardware in magnetized holder of ram or die of press. Positions box in jig beneath ram and depresses pedal to press and attach hardware to box. (2) Fits and attaches hardware to grooves on wooden box, using hammer and nails. May be designated according to method used as Box Nailer (wood. container); Hardware Press Operator (wood. container). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: HARDWARE ASSEMBLER


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

48 41 52 44 57 41 52 45      41 53 53 45 4D 42 4C 45 52

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 01000001 01010010 01000100 01010111 01000001 01010010 01000101 00100000 01000001 01010011 01010011 01000101 01001101 01000010 01001100 01000101 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#65 &#82 &#68 &#87 &#65 &#82 &#69 &#32 &#65 &#83 &#83 &#69 &#77 &#66 &#76 &#69 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0041 0052 0044 0057 0041 0052 0045      0041 0053 0053 0045 004D 0042 004C 0045 0052

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

42355238573552392355353394736463952

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