ETCHER, HAND

Domain	Definition
Occupations	Etches images (designs) on surface of printing rollers coated with photo or acid resist on which images have been transferred photographically or engraved pantographically, utilizing knowledge of colors, fabrics, and etching and printing techniques: Studies design sheet to determine etching requirements based on colors in design, type and weight of fabric, and printing sequence. Lifts roller onto brackets of rinsing vat with aid of ETCHER HELPER, HAND (print. & pub.). Tapes ends of roller with masking tape to limit etching to specified width. Cleans rollers preparatory to etching, using sponge, cleaning chemicals, and water. Transfers roller from rinsing vat to acid vat with aid of ETCHER HELPER, HAND (print. & pub.), using electric hoist. Turns valve to agitate acid solution with compressed air and starts machine to rotate roller in solution. Periodically removes roller from acid bath, measures etch with depth gauge, and moves fingers over surface of roller and scans etching through magnifying lens to detect processing defects, such as pinholes and collapsing ground lines. Processes roller through series of acid baths to increase depth of etch and broaden ground lines without collapsing top (unengraved portion) of design. Verifies depth of etch, using depth gauge. Scratches charcoal into etched cavities to make ground lines stand out and examines engraving to determine whether roller will print with desired effect. Transfers etched roller to cleaning vats, starts machine to spin roller in cleaning solution, and lowers brush to surface of spinning roller to remove acid-resistant coating. Dilutes acid with water to obtain etching chemicals of specified concentration. (references)
	Etches lettering, trademarks, or designs through silk screen onto metal objects, such as plates, jewelry, trophies, cutlery, and tools: Positions object to be etched on setup board. Places silk screen of specified design or lettering over object. Brushes specified acid solution through silk screen to etch design on object. Rinses workpiece in neutralizing solution after specified time to remove acid, or places it on conveyor which carries workpiece into bath. May brush acid resistant solution through screen and place workpiece into acid bath to etch pattern on unprotected surface. (references)
	Etches trademarks on stainless steel knives and forks, using rubber stamp and acid solution: Ties cloth around glass block and pours acid on cloth to form stamp pad. Places cutlery in lime bath. Removes cutlery from bath, presses rubber stamp on acid pad, and stamps cutlery. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Anagrams: ETCHER, HAND

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters ",-a-c-d-e-e-h-h-n-r-t"
	-3 letters: adherent, cantered, crenated, decanter, detacher, ethnarch, neatherd, recanted, trenched.
	-4 letters: catered, centare, centred, cerated, chanted, chanter, charted, cheated, cheater, cheetah, created, credent, crenate, earthed, earthen, enacted, endarch, hatched, hatcher, hearted, hearten, heathen, heather, hectare, ranched, reached, reacted, recaned, recheat, reenact, retched, reteach, teacher, tranced, tranche.
	-5 letters: achene, adhere, aether, anteed, anther, arched, ardent.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.