Office Machines List of Job Titles & Descriptions

Agate Setter Job Description - Positions, glues, and aligns agate bearings in scale housings and bridges, base plates, and spiders: Mixes cement ingredients according to formula. Cleans agate seats, using files. Positions part in holding fixture. Coats agates and part seats with cement, positions agates in seats, and screws clamp into fixture to hold agates in place. Places clamped part and fixture in oven to harden cement. Sights along rods or straightedge to verify alignment of agates. Repositions bearings to correct misalignment, using handtools, or resets agate bearing.
Agate Setter Dot Code: 710.684-010