A professional who places steel saw blade cores, mixed or segmented diamond materials, and silver solder into molds preparatory to firing core in furnace. Responsibilities include:

• Inserts precut silver solder wire into groove in top graphite mold.
• Places steel blade core in bottom graphite mold.
• Positions segmented diamonds onto core edge according to size of core, or pours diamond mixture into notches on saw blade edge.
• Places top mold over bottom mold and lays it on firing platform.
• May requisition, weigh, and blend diamonds and metal powder alloys.
• May stamp serial number on saw blade.
• May be designated according to form of saw blade edge as notched-blade loader.