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jmowreader

(53,231 posts) Mon Jun 10, 2013, 12:57 AM Jun 2013

Post a picture of the machine you run for a living [View all]

This is a copycat thread, but what the hell...thanks, backwoods bob.

Mine:

This is a "computer to plate" unit; it is kinda like a laser printer but it writes aluminum printing plates rather than paper.

It hooks to...

The plates have to be developed before they can be used, and this is the machine that does it.

And once they are done, they go on a printing press...I can't find a postable picture of this thing, but it's pretty big.

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Post a picture of the machine you run for a living [View all] jmowreader Jun 2013 OP

These are my monitors for two ongoing sleep studies.... rppper Jun 2013 #1

been there done that a few times Kali Jun 2013 #14

Both were baseline studies....one was part... rppper Jun 2013 #19

it was a big study to verify efficacy of cpap Kali Jun 2013 #21

I don't have a picture of the machines I used at work... CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2013 #2

That is a great photo, Peggy! femmocrat Jun 2013 #5

Thank you, my dear femmocrat! CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2013 #7

That would be me! ConcernedCanuk Jun 2013 #3

Pretty snappy, CC! femmocrat Jun 2013 #4

I have a t-shirt that a past girlfriend had made for me ConcernedCanuk Jun 2013 #8

... BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2013 #38

why exactly do I deserve a spank? ConcernedCanuk Jun 2013 #46

because that was naughty! BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2013 #53

"naughty" would be posting a pic ConcernedCanuk Jun 2013 #60

Mine: femmocrat Jun 2013 #6

A pencil sharpener! ConcernedCanuk Jun 2013 #9

I don't really run it but it is probably one of our most important machines Kali Jun 2013 #10

What is the top one? nt femmocrat Jun 2013 #11

it is a high pressure piston pump Kali Jun 2013 #12

I hope you get rain! :raindance: femmocrat Jun 2013 #13

I know a 2.5 can do it Kali Jun 2013 #15

The Machine that Runs me for a living... AsahinaKimi Jun 2013 #16

Insofar as I ever used anything other than my head, this is as close as it gets: DFW Jun 2013 #17

Bozo's are GREAT guitars, are both of them made by the man himself? cliffordu Jun 2013 #24

He did have the Japanese thing in the seventies DFW Jun 2013 #25

Can I be in your will for your WORST 12 string? cliffordu Jun 2013 #39

I'll trade you the 12 string for a day with Kottke. DFW Jun 2013 #40

Fucking wow. cliffordu Jun 2013 #43

Way back when in the mists of time DFW Jun 2013 #45

Thanks!!! cliffordu Jun 2013 #55

If the radioairplay doesn't get you there try this: DFW Jun 2013 #63

Great subthread. Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #73

Me, too--December 1971 to be exact DFW Jun 2013 #76

I would but I don't see a provision for uploading from my pictures folders Populist_Prole Jun 2013 #18

You have to put your pictures on some online site csziggy Jun 2013 #33

My machine is a machine that carries other machines. A HERETIC I AM Jun 2013 #20

This is pretty close OriginalGeek Jun 2013 #22

depends Ava Jun 2013 #23

I learned on a Steenbeck kwassa Jun 2013 #71

here is one system Tuesday Afternoon Jun 2013 #26

These are the kind of machines I operated when in the service! yortsed snacilbuper Jun 2013 #27

Are those Fairbanks-Morse diesel engines? Populist_Prole Jun 2013 #28

Yes! yortsed snacilbuper Jun 2013 #29

I love the drum-roll noise they make Populist_Prole Jun 2013 #32

I was one of the snipes in B-1, yortsed snacilbuper Jun 2013 #41

I'm told the need for that led to their relatively short career in RR service Populist_Prole Jun 2013 #42

It wasn't easy! yortsed snacilbuper Jun 2013 #62

Here's my newest toy sharp_stick Jun 2013 #30

The footprint of those things has gotten so small! Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #74

I know sharp_stick Jun 2013 #78

This, many years ago. rug Jun 2013 #31

This message was self-deleted by its author Populist_Prole Jun 2013 #34

Finally figured how to post I hope. Here's one from an average day at work Populist_Prole Jun 2013 #35

I'm not much on machines but here is what "ran" me for many years csziggy Jun 2013 #36

Many days I'm in this... Earth_First Jun 2013 #37

Not for a living, but, cliffordu Jun 2013 #44

Gotta have healthy legs to run that one! ConcernedCanuk Jun 2013 #48

This In_The_Wind Jun 2013 #47

44 Thousandth post if you respond ConcernedCanuk Jun 2013 #49

Response to CC from In_The_Wind (43,999 posts) plus 1 In_The_Wind Jun 2013 #50

From my younger days I observed people with $$$ ConcernedCanuk Jun 2013 #52

My 1st real job (the one with a paycheck from a real company) was at the age of 14. In_The_Wind Jun 2013 #54

Ijust saw this about "selling collectibles" DFW Jun 2013 #64

I'll run out of my collection In_The_Wind Jun 2013 #65

Heritage Auctions? Art_from_Ark Jun 2013 #75

That's them, but I don't know any blonde with a foreign accent DFW Jun 2013 #77

Big Rig Jeff R Jun 2013 #66

You did a damn good job of it. In_The_Wind Jun 2013 #67

IMO Jeff R Jun 2013 #68

I don't run the equipment, I design it liberal N proud Jun 2013 #51

That machine is making duct tape, right? cliffordu Jun 2013 #56

Some sort of web or tape liberal N proud Jun 2013 #58

Here's mine: sinkingfeeling Jun 2013 #57

Ummmmmmm Yummy!!! cliffordu Jun 2013 #59

Surface Mount Operator GrantDem Jun 2013 #61

This thingy here... pink-o Jun 2013 #69

Until I retired last year, one of these: The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2013 #70

.... Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #72

Basses. Many, many basses mikeytherat Jun 2013 #79