A professional who tends machine that kneads tips of felt hat cones to form and shape crowns of hats. Respnsibilities include:

• Soaks cones in trough of heated water.
• Selects hat form according to size specifications, positions form on machine bed, and moves lever to secure form.
• Pulls soaked cone onto form and depresses pedal to raise form and cone against moving machine fingers that knead tip of cone, stretching cone onto form and shaping crown.
• Grasps bottom of cone and rotates cone to ensure symmetrical shaping of crown.
• Removes resulting hat body and pulls it onto hat block to smooth crown and set shape.