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- Wood tradespersons set up, operate and maintain woodworking machines, such as planers, moulders, drilling machines, routers, wood-turning lathes, chisels and saws, which they use to cut, plane, shape and sand wood to a required shape and size.
- The crafted wood parts are then assembled to make a variety of furniture items and building components, such as tables, desks, chairs, beds, cabinets, boxes, window frames, veranda posts, balusters and flag poles.
- They look at drawings, work orders or sample parts in order to work out the requirements of the job
- They select and fit knives, saws, drill bits or cutter heads on machines and also balance the cutter heads
- They attach guides and other fittings to machines with clamps or bolts and adjust stops, guides, rollers and the angle and height of the table
- They lay out cutting lines according to drawings and place chisels against rotating work pieces to cut shapes
- They then feed wood and timber-based boards into machines or operate automatic feed mechanisms
- They are required to check work to ensure accuracy by using measuring instruments such as calipers or dividers
- They finally smooth surfaces by holding sandpaper against rotating work pieces and apply wax or other finishes to work pieces.
