A professional who tends machine that cuts dowels from dowel rod, and grooves and points dowels for use. Responsibilities include:

• Selects guide sockets according to diameter of stock, and secures sockets in automatic feedhead with locking thumbscrews.
• Adjusts saws to cut dowels to specified length.
• Starts machine, and inserts dowel rods in guide sockets to be cut and pointed.
• May sort and stack finished dowels in rack.