What different machines have you operated?

Forklift, tractor, every power tool you can think of.i

Lathe, drill press, milling machine, a variety of radiacs (geiger counters to the general public), Spectrophotometers, Multi-channel analyzers, ph Meters, Conductivity meters, Ion Chromatograhy units, Gas chromatography units, viscosity monitors, scales, muffle furnaces, distillation apparatus, barrel lifters, pallet jacks both manual and power, tractor, log splitter, rototillers, chipper/shredder, weed eater, lawn mower, hedge trimmers, edgers…I’m pretty sure I’m missing quite a few others.

@seawulf575 Wow , most of the machines I have never heard of.

Tractor, airplane (student), high lift fork truck in storage unit (forty foot ceilings), manufacturing simulation for machine loads, wood lathe, drill press, metal spectrometers (several), drill press, tire changer, tire balancer, lawn mower. pressure washer, auto wrecker, rototiller, 36” Bullard Cutmaster Vertical Turret Lathe, hammer drill, post hole digger, chain saw, various kitchen appliances and an electric toothbrush.

Forklift, JLG basket lift, needle guns and sanders, Fluke 754 Documenting processors, and I got to man the helm of a Guided Missile Frigate haha.

Let’s start with the barn. Lawn tractor, Vibratory roller, lawn sprayer, wood splitter, weed whacker, chainsaws, electric arc welder, oxyacetylene torch, lawnmowers, drills, impact gun, ....
Let’s go to the basement: cut off saw, drill press, grinders, dremel tools, thermal imager,..
Let’s go the office… .Oscilloscopes, high voltage power supplies, RF equipment, repeaters, microscopes, optical comparitors,...
Let’s go to test facilities: dynamometers, 2000 hp shaft load dyno, flow boxes,...
Let’s go outside: forklift, excavator, ditch witch…

I’m sure I am missing a ton.

Boring bar (for boring engine blocks).
Valve grinding machines.
Alignment machines.
Tire machines.
Tire balancing machines.
Diesel injection calibrating machines.
Trailer axle alignment cameras.

Vehicles driven:
Bulldozers.
Front end loaders.
Tanks and other military track vehicles.
Fire trucks.
Log loaders.
Semis.
Aircraft towing tractors.
Forklifts.
Misc. other trucks.

Cars, power drill, weedeater and lawnmower. Hedge trimmer. I have a new chainsaw but haven’t used it yet. Its for ladies haha

Aside from a car and domestic machinery (washing machine, vacuum cleaner, electric mixer, sewing machine, etc.), I can think of these at the moment:

office computers, starting with the IBM System/3 in 1972 (a “minicomputer” the size of a large refrigerator) and followed by an assortment of computers and computer-related devices as they proliferated and evolved over the following years

Xerox and other copiers

manual and electric typewriters

a big old Friden calculator that made wonderful noises

a variety of adding machines

office intercoms

and—here’s one I’ll bet not many can claim any more: a TWX teletype machine

Probably more will come to mind.

@Jeruba, I miss the tot-tot buh-uzz of older calculators.

Clinical analyzers (blood chemistry and blood cell) and in hospital and medical research labs.

Teletype. Computer keypunch machine. Slide rule.

@Patty_Melt , this is like the one that I used. I did division and calculated percentages on it. You punched in your set of numbers on the buttons and then punched go and…galoppijah loppijah loppijah loppijah (whirr, clunk, whirr, clunk), and then suddenly GA-SQUATCHL and it was done. Wow, what a beauty! Bearded great-grandfather to all the little adding (and subtracting) machines that clattered innoculously on other desks. No smug computer is ever going to top that.
 

Oh, I did forget to list keypunch machines. Punching the cards that would carry information into the computer. I wrote my application programs on specially formatted row-and-column forms and then punched them into cards, one line per card, and ran them through the compiler. Then the punched data cards would be processed according to my program.

The only unusual one is a small vulcanizer used to make rubber stamps.

I guess I could go back to my navy days as well and include, maybe not a whole submarine, but turbine generators, Diesel engines, Steam generators, evaporators (for making pure water), metering pumps, positive displacement pumps, centrifugal pumps and a few others.

Really just household stuff and ordinary office things like copiers and desktop computers. Is a stapler a machine? A pencil sharpener is. Oh, and a car and a lawn mover.

Such an interesting question! Such interesting answers! I’d give bonus points to @RedDeerGuy1 if I could, but I maxed out on him a long time ago.

An old fashioned manual typewriter and cash register. A slide rule. A small manual telephone exchange. A transistor radio and a reel to reel tape recorder. Various photocopiers, fax machines and microfilm readers. A sewing machine with a foot pedal.

I forgot; in college I ran the radio station including the board, turntables, tape machines and transmitter.

@Jeruba, oh, cool!
My mom operated a keypunch for TWA before I was born. She said at slow times the girls would figure how to send nonsensical messages which would ring out little tunes.

Band saw
Chop saw
Miter saw
Radial saw
Scroll saw
Table saw
Planer
Belt sander
Disc sander
Sand blaster
Drill press
Hot wire cutter
Handheld circular saw
Handheld jigsaw
Drill
Orbital sander
Router
Nail gun
Staple gun
Dremel
Dust collector
MIG welder
TIG welder
3D printer
Large format plotter
Lithography press
Intaglio press
Aquatint box
Pottery wheel
Kiln
Screen printing machine
Soldering iron
Eight track player
Turntable
Walkman
CD player
iPod
Betamax
Slide projector
Overhead projector
Manual typewriter
Electric typewriter
Ditto machine
Modem
Sewing machine
Serger
Microscope
Bunsen burner
Centrifuge
Printer
Laminating machine
Button maker
Grommet hand press
Paper cutter
Heat gun
Glue gun
Car
Washer
Dryer
Dishwasher
Stove
Microwave
Blender
Coffee maker
Television
Desktop
Laptop
iPad
iPhone
Alexa
Google home
Digital picture frame
Humidifier
Electric toothbrush
Hair dryer
Hair clipper
Curling iron
Clothing iron
Vacuum
Fan
Heater
Lawnmower
Lawn edger
Chainsaw
Vending machine
ATM
Parking meter

I’ve probably forgotten a bunch. Is this the opening to a movie about machines taking over?

DLG17 propulsion system.
SXS switch.
X-Bar ”
#1ESS main frame processor & peripheral frames.
#1A ESS MFPP.
DMS100 MFPP
Oscilloscope
ISDN tester

@Blackberry

“I got to man the helm of a Guided Missile Frigate haha.”

I manned the throttle in the engine room of a DLG.
I’d say that your view of your cruise was way better than mine! ;)

@Brian1946 and @Blackberry I got to work in the engineroom of a submarine. What is a view?