A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921.
ORDER VIII.—WORKERS IN PRECIOUS METALS AND ELECTRO PLATE
Sub-order 1.—Workers in Precious Metals and Electro Plate
286.—Dressers, Saw Piercers, and Stampers
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- blank cutter (spoon and fork)
- a pressworker q.v. who operates a power-driven press fitted with cutting dies, to cut out spoon or fork blanks; lays sheet metal on bottom die, and operates treadle to cause top die to cut blank; sometimes also fixes top and bottom dies in press.
- marker, trade marker
- stamps manufacturer's registered initials or trade mark on finished articles, either by hand stamp, or by power-driven fly press; sometimes inscribes marks with hand tools.
- piercer, pierce worker
- (i) lays plate of silver or white metal on die of a hand-press piercer; moves lever, bringing down a cutting tool which pierces holes or designs in plate;
- (ii) see piercer, saw.
- piercer, saw
; piercer, pierce worker
- cuts out designs, letters, etc., on plate and jewellery, with a fret saw, working to paper design pasted on the metal; sometimes specifically designated, e.g., gold and silver saw piercer.
- pressworker, press girl, press hand, presser
; bench stamper, gold and silver stamper, puncher, stamper
- feeds a hand, treadle, or power press, used for cutting out or piercing, shaping and pressing sheet or plate metal to form component parts of electroplated ware, gold or silver or imitation jewellery; sets press in motion by moving lever or pressing treadle; sometimes also changes dies in press; sometimes specifically designated, e-g-, gold and silver pressworker.
- pressworker (imitation jewellery)
- a pressworker q.v. employed in imitation jewellery trade.
- pronger
- a pressworker q.v. who cuts out prongs of forks in a press.
- puncher
- see pressworker.
- stamper, bench stamper, gold and silver stamper
- see pressworker.
- stamper, bolster
- stamps, with press and dies, hollow metal bolsters used in making fish knives, forks, servers, etc.
- stamper, drop
- lays sheet metal on bottom die of stamping press; pulls a rope, drawing other die, which is weighted, to top of vertical steel runners, between which it runs; releases rope, allowing weighted die to fall, and strike with force, metal lying on bottom die; replaces dies, as required.
- stamp worker, kick
- a pressworker q.v. using a press which is set in motion by kicking a leather strap with the foot.
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From:
A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921,
Ministry of Labour, 1927. Digitised by Peter Christian, August, 2016. This text is in the Public Domain. 