"Some of your duties as a Machinist may include:Welding, brazing or soldering metal parts together Repairing automotive and shipping parts using welding equipment Measuring work with calipers, micrometers and rulers Studying blueprints or written plans of the parts to be made Setting up and operating lathes to make parts such as shafts and gears Cutting metal stock using power hacksaws and bandsaws" . . . .