How do they match: Etchers and Engravers

Engrave or etch metal, wood, rubber, or other materials. Includes such workers as etcher-circuit processors, pantograph engravers, and silk screen etchers.

Set reduction scales to attain specified sizes of reproduction on workpieces, and set pantograph controls for required heights, depths, and widths of cuts.
Adjust depths and sizes of cuts by adjusting heights of worktables, or by adjusting machine-arm gauges.
Determine machine settings, and move bars or levers to reproduce designs on rollers or plates.
Engrave and print patterns, designs, etchings, trademarks, or lettering onto flat or curved surfaces of a wide variety of metal, glass, plastic, or paper items, using hand tools or hand-held power tools.
Guide stylus over template, causing cutting tool to duplicate design or letters on workpiece.
Insert cutting tools or bits into machines and secure them with wrenches.
Neutralize workpieces to remove acid, wax, or enamel, using water, solvents, brushes, or specialized machines.
Start machines and lower cutting tools to beginning points on patterns.

Set equipment controls to meet cutting specifications.
Operate cutting equipment.
Operate equipment to print images or bind printed images together.
Determine production equipment settings.
Mount attachments or tools onto production equipment.
Review blueprints or other instructions to determine operational methods or sequences.

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