A professional who tends machine that cuts frayed edges or excess material from articles, such as hat brims or fabric buffing wheels, or separates hat brims from crowns prior to finishing operations. Respnsibilities include:

• Measures radius of article, using ruler.
• Turns setscrews on machine guide to adjust width of cut, according to specifications.
• Positions edge of article or crown against guide on bed of machine and pulls lever to lower rotary cutting blade onto article.
• Depresses pedal or pushes button to start machine that rotates article against revolving blade to cut article.
• May rotate article against cutting blade by hand.
• May be designated according to material cut as straw-hat-brim-cutter operator; trimmer, buffing wheel.
• May tend machine that rakes and trims buffing wheels simultaneously and be designated facer, buffing wheel.