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Job Description

Set up and operate a variety of machine tools to produce precision parts and instruments. Includes precision instrument makers who fabricate, modify, or repair mechanical instruments. May also fabricate and modify parts to make or repair machine tools or maintain industrial machines, applying knowledge of mechanics, mathematics, metal properties, layout, and machining procedures.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 51-4041.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 43,220.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 20.00
Currently, there are 391,120 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Machinists”.

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Tasks for “Experimental Machinist”

Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.

Related Technology & Tools

Ring gauges
Horizontal mills
Parallel blocks
Lathes
Milling vises
Horizontal lathes
Laser printers
Pry bars
Combination wrenches
Grinders
Chippers
Swaging tools
3-axis computerized numerical control CNC machines
Cutoff saws
Shapers
Drum lathes
Side cutting pliers
Power drills
Milling angle form cutters
Dial calipers
Machinists' squares
Outside micrometers
Micrometers
Outside spring calipers
Vernier bevel protractors
Needlenose pliers
Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment
Socket wrench sets
Arbor presses
Grinding wheel arbors
Brazing equipment
Brake presses
Thread gauges
Vernier calipers
Threading machines
Adjustable wrenches
Hex wrenches
Spirit levels
Cold saws
Hand saws
Tongs
Cylinder honers
Vernier height gauges
Torches
Engine lathes
Power hacksaws
Inside micrometers
Bandsaws
Angle plates
Welding lenses
Breaker lathes
Handheld welders
Oxyacetylene welding equipment
Rubber mallets
Flat files
Chucks
Turning lathes
Deburring tools
Sharpening equipment
Knee mills
Soldering equipment
Screw pitch gauges
Metal inert gas MIG welders
Radial drill presses
Radial drills
Shears
Scribers
Planer gauges
Machine shop rigging equipment
Edge finders
Feeler gauges
Shielded arc welding tools
Prick punches
Platforms
Tube benders
Surface grinding machines
Plasma welders
Broachers
Aviation snips
Magnetic retrievers
Anvils
Hand clamps
Combination pliers
Wedges
Portable welding equipment
Combination drills
Turret lathes
Phillips head screwdrivers
Metal cutting taps
Brass hammers
Vertical milling machines
Pipe wrenches
Composition hammers
Half-round files
Utility knives
Staging equipment
Machinists' hammers
Grinding dogs
Chamfer tools
Spindle blade screwdrivers
Screwdrivers
Square chisels
Power sanders
Jointers
Ball peen hammers
Ratchet sets
Sine bars
Boring tools
Steel rules
Calipers
Milling machines
Vertical turret lathes VTL
Centrifugal spin casters
Computerized numerical control CNC machining centers
Sledgehammers
Sandblasters
V blocks
Binocular light compound microscopes
Dial indicators
Forklifts
Pipe threaders
Undercut tools
Beverly shears
Metal shears
Hex keys
Full face shields
Marking blocks
Resurfacing machines
Ladders
Surface gauges
Personal computers
Welding shields
Buffers
Vernier gear tooth calipers
Hermaphrodite calipers
Hacksaws
Workshop cranes
Shims
Angled feeler gauges
Planers
Valve grinding machines
Radius gauges
Hydraulic presses
Telescoping gauges
Steel wedges
Reamers
Cold chisels
Inside spring calipers
Pillar drill machines
Heat-treating equipment
Flywheel lathes
Gauges
Punches
Height gauges
Metal spray equipment
Computerized numerical control CNC turning lathes
Horizontal boring bars
Boring bars
Personal digital assistants PDA
Single-cut mill saw files
Channel lock pliers
Multi-axis computerized numerical control CNC machines
Putty knives
Sensitive drill presses
Cylindrical grinders
Desktop computers
Center drills
Crankshaft grinders

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CNC TurboCAD/CAM
JETCAM
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
CCG Systems FASTER
Computer aided design CAD software
Autodesk AutoCAD
Microsoft Office
Armchair Machinist software
ERP software
CNC Mastercam
CNC Consulting Machinists' Calculator
Microsoft Outlook
Kentech Kipware Studio
EditCNC
Computer aided manufacturing CAM software