A professional who tends machine that buffs hides to specified finish. Respnsibilities include:

• Turns setscrews to regulate distance between rollers, according to thickness of hide.
• Inserts hide between rollers and starts machine.
• Holds half of hide while rollers buff surface of other half.
• Repeats buffing operation on unbuffed portion of hide.
• May be designated according to hide buffed as black-leather buffer; white-kid buffer.
• May tend machine equipped with abrasive covered rollers that form nap on surface of leather and be designated sueding-wheel operator.