A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921.
ORDER XII.—TEXTILE WORKERS
Sub-order 1.—Textile Workers
373.—Rope Makers, Layers and Stranders
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- assistant rope maker
- assists rope maker q.v. in rope walk,- and works under his direction; attaches strands to rope-making machine, and removes rope, when formed, from machine for coiling.
- brayle maker
- as for rope maker.
- cord maker, cord spinner
- see jack minder ; sometimes specifically designated according to kind of cord walk-made, e.g. clothes cord maker, whip cord maker.
- core maker (rope)
- operates machine which makes and spins flax or hemp core of wire edible; as for line maker (house machine).
- cow tie maker
- as for rope maker.
- former, rope
- see rope maker.
- frame man
- see rope maker.
- halter shank maker
- as for rope maker.
- jack minder
; cord maker, cord spinner
- minds twisting jack, a machine used in twine walk for twisting cord; controls gear-drive twisting hooks to- which cord threads are attached; controls also mechanism determining amount of twist given to cord.
- layer, rope layer
- see rope maker.
- line maker (house machine)
- makes line arid small rope in "house," as distinct from "rope walk"; guides yarn ends through flyers, and completed strands through central die or tube where they are formed into line or small rope; guides line or rope to hauling winch, as it emerges from machine; controls power-drive of machine; sometimes specifically designated according to kind of line made, e.g., blind line maker, clock line maker, clothes lino maker, sash Hue maker; cf. twine twister (366).
- line maker, walk; line maker on hand line walk
- makes line and small rope in a rope walk, as distinct from a "house"; for processes, see rope maker.
- ratliner
- as for rope maker.
- rope cable maker
- a rope maker q.v. making cable ropes, i.e., ropes 10 inches or more in circumference, consisting of three ordinary three-strand ropes twisted together.
- rope maker, rope maker on hand line walk
; frame man, layer, rope former, rope layer
- has charge of rope and line walk; sets up machines; directs operations, such as first make of rope, and subsequent forming or laying of strands, and decides hardness of rope, i.e., angle of twist of strands, using a, gauge.
- rope maker (house machine)
- as for line maker (house machine).
- snood maker in walk
- a line maker q.v. who makes short lengths of rope, snoods or norsels in walk; cf. snood maker (399).
- strander, strand former
- minds a machine, which forms rope strand from yarns; guides a number of yarn ends through a face plate and tube to winding-on bobbins; regulates running of machine to obtain specific degree of twist and to maintain even tension on yarn.
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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. 