Patternmakers, Wood

Plan, lay out, and construct wooden unit or sectional patterns used in forming sand molds for castings.

Job Task

• Plans, lays out, and draws outline of unit, sectional patterns, or full-scale mock-up of products.
• Sets up, operates, and adjusts variety of woodworking machines to cut and shape sections, parts, and patterns, according to specifications.
• Constructs wooden models, templates, full scale mock-up, and molds for parts of products.
• Shellacs, lacquers, or waxes finished pattern or model.
• Issues patterns to designated machine operators and maintains pattern record for reference.
• Marks identifying information, such as colors or codes on patterns, parts, and templates to indicate assembly method.
• Reads blueprints, drawing, or written specifications to determine size and shape of pattern and required machine setup.
• Fits, fastens, and assembles wood parts together to form pattern, model, or section, using glue, nails, dowels, bolts, and screws.
• Trims, smoothes and shapes surfaces, and planes, shaves, files, scrapes, and sands models to attain specified shapes, using hand tools.

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