Penny Luxton

• I was a jeweler. I sized rings, fixed chains, took knots out of chains, and whatever else came in. I cleaned the store, and I sometimes waited on customers when it was busy.

I ran machines that rolled on threads, and deburred parts when necessary. I fed parts into machines so they could do what they were programmed to do. I assembled some parts. I later moved to inspections when the company bought CNCs that did my jobs.

• I assembled parts on boards and tacked these parts. I ran the cut-and-clinch machine, which put on some parts. I soldered displays onto some boards. I sometimes perform a preliminary burn-in on boards. I sometimes hand-soldered whole boards.
• In 2007, Summit Steel bought the company and moved everything to Reading, PA. I drove an hour to get there until they laid me off.