A professional who tends machine that tapers ends of wooden stems of smoking pipes for insertion into corncob pipe bowls. Responsibilities include:

• Selects frazing head, according to size specifications on work ticket, and inserts frazing head into shaft of machine, using mallet.
• Starts machine.
• Grabs stem with pliers and inserts end of stem into frazer head, tapering end to specified dimensions.
• Verifies dimensions of tapered stem against specifications, using micrometers or slip rings.
• Turns setscrews to adjust angle of blades in frazer head, using screwdriver.
• Removes blades from frazer head and sharpens blades, using powered grinding stone.