A professional who tends lathe that spins (forms) shaped articles from sheet or plate metal. Respnsibilities include:

• Pushes lever to move tailstock, forcing disk against chuck of lathe.
• Slides hydraulic carriage forward to position circular forming tool against metal disk.
• Starts machine that presses rotating circular tool against disk to form disk into shape of spinning chuck.
• Removes finished article and verifies dimensions, using fixed gauge.
• May tend spinning lathe equipped with knife and beading rolls which trims, or trims and bends, shaped article.
• May tend spinning lathe to bead and iron smooth finish or form knurls onto drawn articles.
• May be designated according to operation performed as automatic-beading-lathe operator; automatic rolling-machine operator.