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| Domain | Definition |
Occupations | Operates machine to perforate wood products, such as timbers, ties, or poles, to facilitate penetration of wood preservatives: Installs knife-studded incising rollers in machine and sets roller stops according to size of material being processed, using hand wrenches and pry bar. Turns air valve to regulate pressure on incising rollers and starts machine and conveyor system. Signals other workers to load or move timbers or poles onto conveyor or powered feeding tram. Moves levers or presses pedal to regulate speed of conveyor and opening of incisor rollers to accommodate various size timbers and poles. Examines rollers, knives, bearings, and conveyor mechanisms, and replaces worn or broken parts, using handtools. May operate discharge conveyor with lifting controls to unload poles onto ramp or into water. May operate trim saw to square ends on poles. May brand poles or timbers, using branding hammer. May be designated according to product processed as Pole-Incisor Operator (wood prod., nec); Timber-Incisor Operator (wood prod., nec). (references) |
| Tends machine that punches holes in hats or hat parts to ventilate or decorate hats or facilitate assembly, utilizing one of following methods: (1) Positions article beneath multiheaded punch on ram of machine; depresses pedals to lower ram and feed guide that automatically moves article across machine bed as punch perforates article. (2) Positions article on mold in machine bed; pushes lever that forces punches, mounted on rams, against article, to punch holes in article. (3) Positions part against machine guide and under punch; depresses and releases pedal to clamp part in place; starts machine that lowers punch onto material to perforate part. May be designated according to type of hat perforated as Helmet-Hat Puncher (hat & cap); or part perforated as Brim Slotter (hat & cap); Helmet-Hat-Sweatband Puncher (hat & cap). (references) | |
| Tends machine that perforates sheets of paper with lines of fine holes to facilitate tearing sheets: Installs perforating disks in machine and sets guides to size of sheet, using handtools. Starts machine and feeds sheets into machine, singly, or keeps feed table supplied with stacks of sheets if machine is fed automatically. Removes perforated sheets as they accumulate on discharge table of machine. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 45 52 46 4F 52 41 54 49 4E 47 2D 4D 41 43 48 49 4E 45 4F 50 45 52 41 54 4F 52 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01000101 01010010 01000110 01001111 01010010 01000001 01010100 01001001 01001110 01000111 00101101 01001101 01000001 01000011 01001000 01001001 01001110 01000101 00100000 01001111 01010000 01000101 01010010 01000001 01010100 01001111 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P E R F O R A T I N G - M A C H I N E   O P E R A T O R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0045 0052 0046 004F 0052 0041 0054 0049 004E 0047 002D 004D 0041 0043 0048 0049 004E 0045 004F 0050 0045 0052 0041 0054 004F 0052 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5039524049523554434841154735374243483924950395235544952 |
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