A professional who operates battery of automatic machines that straighten, cut off, head, and sharpen wire to form straight (common) pins. Respnsibilities include:

• Places coil of wire on pedestal stand and threads end of wire through machine to heading dies.
• Adjusts straightening rolls, feeding arm, and stop to diameter and length of wire, using wrenches.
• Starts machine and measures sampling of first pins for conformance to specifications, such as length, head diameter, and angle of point to shank, using micrometers and fixed gauges.
• Replaces dull cutters or point-grinding bars, using handtools, such as wrenches, screwdrivers, and pliers.
• Mounts dies in bench lathe and removes burrs and repolishes head cavity, using stick dipped in polishing paste.
• Empties pin-filled catch pails into tote trays.