Glass Engraver Handicraft & Printing Workers

The characteristics of various materials and methods used to engrave something on a surface.

Engrave and print designs and patterns onto a variety of surfaces.

Ensure that the necessary equipment is provided, ready and available for use before start of procedures.

Manipulate the properties, shape and size of glass.

Make use of protection equipment according to training, instruction and manuals. Inspect the equipment and use it consistently.

Polish and clean engraved etching areas.

Quality control of engravings and etchings; check for cuts, burns, rough spots and irregular or incomplete engraving.

Closely observe the actions of the mechanical cutting tools, resulting in a flawless engraving process.

Position and clamp work pieces, plates, or rollers in holding fixtures.

Examine diagrams, sketches, blueprints and samples, and calculate how they are to be engraved onto work pieces.

Use engraving tools which use steel, stone or copper wheels according to the kind of glass or glassware.

The different parts of a lathe machine and their applications, such as the compound, the bed, the sadle, the cross slide, the cutting tool, the lathe dog and more.

Recommended Books

2 books

Lathe Bed Design (Classic Reprint)

Joseph G. Horner

2019

Engine, Lathe and Tool Catalogue

W. And Company Martin

2023

The various machining principles and processes employing abrasives, (mineral) materials that can shape a workpiece by eroding excessive parts of it, such as grinding, honing, sanding, buffing, diamond wire cutting, …

Process using high pressure sandblasting to carve motifs into materials such as glass, stone, wood and metal.

Read and interpret such technical resources such as digital or paper drawings and adjustment data in order to properly set up a machine or working tool, or to assemble mechanical …

Use appropriate questions and active listening in order to identify customer expectations, desires and requirements according to product and services.

Use various techniques to ensure the product quality is respecting the quality standards and specifications. Oversee defects, packaging and sendbacks of products to different production departments.

Maintain records of the progress of the work including time, defects, malfunctions, etc.

Regularly inspect and perform all required activities to maintain the equipment in functional order prior or after its use.

Continuously check up on the automated machine's set-up and execution or make regular control rounds. If necessary, record and interpret data on the operating conditions of installations and equipment in …

Operate mechanical engraving tools and machines, set controls of cutting tools. Make adjustments if necessary.

Set up and give commands to a machine by dispatching the appropriate data and input into the (computer) controller corresponding with the desired processed product.

Ensure the machine is fed the necessary and adequate materials and control the placement or automatic feed and retrieval of work pieces in the machines or machine tools on the …

Supply the machine with the necessary tools and items for a particular production purpose.

Measure and compute dimensions of lettering, designs and patterns to be engraved.

Brush or smear acid over mechanic engraving tools, in order to improve the visibility of the inscriptions.

Inspect finished etchings in detail, using microscopes and magnifying lenses.

Prepare mechanical tools and workpieces for engraving by polishing their surface and bevelling the workpiece to remove sharp edges. Polishing is done using different sandpapers and sand films which are …

Prepare mechanical tools and work pieces for etching by polishing their surface and bevelling the work piece to remove sharp edges. Polishing is done using different sandpapers and sand films …

Cover parts from being treated with chemicals in order to protect them.

Select, prepare and install engraving templates; operate cutting tools and routers.

Use the specific abrasive wheel or the step in the finishing process according to the type of stone or workpiece.

Examine design results to verify engraving accuracy, rework engraving where needed.