Webster's Online Dictionary
with Multilingual Thesaurus Translation
Specialty Expressions: WIDTH STRIPPER
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Width stripper | Occupations | 1: Tends machine that cuts leather into strips (lace) for power-transmission belting, dress belts, or boot laces: Scribes line along edge of tanned hide, using ruler, chalk, or pencil. Cuts leather along ruled line to square edge, using knife. Turns screws to adjust machine guide to specified width. Starts machine and inserts leather between feed rollers, against machine guide, and under circular knife that cuts leather into strips. Ties strips into bundles for further processing or shipment by hand or using automatic bundling machine. May be designated according to product as Belting Cutter (leather prod.); Boot-Lace Cutter, Machine (leather prod.); Sole-Stock Cutter (leather prod.). (references) | |
| 2: Tends machine that cuts series of $T3blockers$T1 into strips used for shoe trimmings, such as bows and straps: Positions cutting disks and spacers (washers) on arbor and tightens setscrews. Inserts end of blocker series between machine guides and turns bolts to adjust guides to accommodate material. Depresses pedal that starts machine. Measures width of cut strips to verify conformity with specifications, using ruler. Trims imperfections from strips, using scissors. Bundles strips for shipment. (references) | |||
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