PLANER OPERATOR

Domain	Definition
Occupations	Sets up and operates power-fed facer or planer machine to surface and size woodstock used in furniture production: Selects and installs knives in cutterhead according to work order, using wrenches and gauges. Turns handwheels to adjust table level, pressure bars, and feed rolls according to depth of cut and thickness of stock. Starts planer, and positions woodstock on conveyor or inserts woodstock between feed rolls that carry woodstock through planer. Inspects and feels planed woodstock to verify smoothness of cut and thickness of stock, using gauge and rule. May sharpen cutters on abrasive wheel or stone. May operate circular saw to remove woodstock defects, such as splits and holes, and to square ends of stock prior to processing boards through planer [CUT-OFF-SAW OPERATOR (woodworking) 667.682-022]. May signal coworker to stop feeding stock into planer when jams occur. (references)
	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. (references)
	Operates machine to plane flat surfaces of carbon or graphite stock to specified thickness and surface finish for use as anodes in electrolytic cells or as brushes in electric motors and generators. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Anagrams: PLANER OPERATOR

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-l-n-o-o-p-p-r-r-r-t"
	-3 letters: paratrooper.
	-4 letters: parenteral, preparator, propraetor.
	-5 letters: aeroplane, notepaper, paratroop, propretor.
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