A professional who tends machines that finish felt hat bodies, performing any combination of following tasks. Respnsibilities include:

• Tends machine that buffs or sands hat bodies to smooth or polish surface.
• Tends machine that applies grease and wax to hat body to finish and stiffen body.
• Tends machine that trims brim to specified width.
• Rubs hat to remove surplus fur fibers and smooth surface of hat, using sandpaper.
• Rubs coloring powder onto hat bodies, using powder-filled cloth bag, or sprays powder onto hat with compressed-air gun.
• Presses hat brim to smooth and shape brim, using hand iron.
• May be designated according to part processed as crown finisher; or type of hat processed as wool-hat finisher.