A professional who tends machine that buffs unfinished felt or wool hat bodies to raise, smooth, or polish nap. Respnsibilities include:

• Secures hat block of specified size in chuck of machine, pulls hat body over block, and starts machine.
• Depresses pedal to rotate block and force hat body against rotating felt, sandpaper, or sharkskin-covered buffing wheels to raise nap or smooth and polish body.
• Releases pedal to stop machine when buffing is completed and removes body from block.
• Turns hat body inside out and replaces body on block to buff inside surfaces.
• May be designated according to type of machine tended as brim buffer; crown buffer; automatic hat buffer.