A professional who tends lathe that polishes leaves, pivots, or staffs of clock pinions. Responsibilities include:

• Clamps part in chuck of lathe.
• Starts lathe and swings tool rest into position.
• Forces slip of bell metal against rotating part to smooth surface.
• Repeats process, polishing part with slip of oilstone and buffing part with rouge to produce smooth, even surface.
• Examines part for surface defects, using loupe and tweezers.
• May be designated according to part polished as pivot polisher.