How do they match: Etchers and Engravers

  • Machine Engraver
  • Machine Precision Engraver
  • Machine Precision Etcher
  • Award Machine Operator

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Select and insert required templates into pattern frames beneath the stylus of a machine cutting tool or router.
  • Start machines and lower cutting tools to beginning points on patterns.