A professional who tends lathe mounted on rails that coils hot iron rods around bodies of fragmentation bombs to increase demolition properties of bombs. Respnsibilities include:

• Pulls lever to move lathe to mouth of preheating furnace.
• Lifts bomb from stockpile and clamps it in machine by tightening chuck and tailstock.
• Pulls red-hot rod from furnace, attaches end to bomb fixture, and hammers portion of rod around bomb, using pulling bar and hammer.
• Sets coil-spacing gauge.
• Pushes button to start rotation of bomb in machine.
• Stops machine when rod is coiled on bomb.
• Welds end of coil to bomb.
• Removes bomb from machine, using hoist.