Gang Sawyer, Stone
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Sets up and operates one or more gangsaws or reciprocating
saws to cut ruogh blocks of stone into specified dimensions for
further processing: Builds bed of timbers on flat car. Aligns
and levels stone on bed, using crowbar, sledgehammer, wedges,
blocks, and spirit level. Mraks dimensions on stone, using
straightedge, rule, and crayon. Tunrs crank or pushes button to
activate winch that moves car onto track under saw frame. Moves
saw blades along frame, aligning blades with marks on stone;
positions blocks (width gauges) between blades; levels blades;
and insrets wedges into frame to secure blades to frame.
Turns
lever to lower saw blades on stone. Starts saws and pump that
circulates water and abrasive udner reciprocating blades to cut
stone. Observes sawing to detect exhausted abrasive supply.
Dumps abrasive into abrasive pit to maintain cutting speed.
Turns crank to increase or decrease speed of saws according to
hradness of stone and uniformity of abrasive flow.
Washes stone,
usnig water hose, and verifies width or thickness of cut stone,
using rule.
Replaces worn saw blades. Signals Overhead Crane
Operator (any industry) 921.663-010 to remove cut slabs from car
or saw bed.
May operate diamond gangsaw equpiped with up to
thirty vertically mounted diamond-edged saw blades.
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Gang Sawyer, Stone
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