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Re: [Shop-talk] Professional Shop Question- I'll make one

To: eric@megageek.com
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Professional Shop Question- I'll make one
From: Mike Rambour via Shop-talk <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 15:45:42 -0700
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 I made a few edits on your fields :)

Inserted in you suggestions, see below.

        mike
> =20
> Sent: Friday, April 10, 2020 5:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Professional Shop Question- I'll make one
> =20
> Al writes,=20
>=20
> > In other words, I you or someone else on the list comes up with an =
open-source or cheap solution, we can all benefit!=20
>=20
> OK, I'll be happy to make one for free for anyone to use.  If you =
remember, a while back, I offered to make a 'car maintenance log' for =
anyone here that wanted it.  While no one bit, I did make it, I called =
it "BOLTRAK"=20
> You put in your cars, part numbers for oil filters, oil weight and =
capacities, etc.  Then you add a record each time you work on that =
vehicle.  It can record time and money spent, vehicle miles the work was =
performed at, etc.=20
> I'm sure it can use some polish. It's not perfect, since I'm the only =
one using it, but I like it.=20
> NOTE- Like me, none of my software is pretty.  It's 'brutish' at best, =
but, also like me, it gets the job done.=20
>=20
> If there really is an interest, I'll be happy to make a web based tool =
inventory application.  A big advantage would be that it would be 100% =
off site (your site) so if the unthinkable happened, the data is safe. =
(of course, I can email you an excel spreadsheet anytime you want.)=20
> So, just email me the features you think are important, and I'll put =
it together if there is enough interest.=20
>=20
> What I think a record would need...=20
> -Tool=20
> -Brand=20
> -Date purchased=20
> -Amount=20
=E2=80=9CAmount I told the wife=E2=80=9D. This one is nice as we get =
older and forget what we told her, I can guarantee she wont forget.
=E2=80=9CSerial number=E2=80=9D not all tools have them, but the big =
ones do.
> -Where purchased (is that worth having?) =20
 I think it is worth having.
 And I would =E2=80=9CWarranty Expires=E2=80=9D some big tools to have =
warranties.
> -Photo?=20
> -Copy of receipt?=20
> -Where stored?=20
>=20
> I could also do an import if you have a spreadsheet already, just send =
it to me and I can import it into your tool vault.=20
>=20
> I could also build in an 'wife total.'  Meaning that you would click =
on a total money spent button, but it would only show you a predefined =
percentage of the actual value that you set.  IE, you set a 50% value.  =
Anytime you hit the 'total spent' button, it would only show you 50% of =
the value. This would be to prevent domestic violences of course!  8>)=20=

>=20
> Any other ideas?=20
>=20
> Again, it would be web based (not platform dependant) and 100% free =
all the time.=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
> "Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a =
rational being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your =
territory." Ralph Waldo Emerson=20
> -Who is John Galt?
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; =
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-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D""><div =
class=3D""><br class=3D""></div>&nbsp;I made a few edits on your fields =
:)<div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Inserted in you =
suggestions, see below.</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D""><span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre">    =
</span>mike<br class=3D""><div class=3D""><div><blockquote type=3D"cite" =
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font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=3D""><b class=3D"">From:</b><span=
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class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>&lt;<a =
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class=3D"">eric@megageek.com</a>&gt;<span =
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class=3D"">Sent:</b><span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Friday, April 10, 2020 5:19 =
PM<br class=3D""><b class=3D"">To:</b><span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a =
href=3D"mailto:Shop-talk@autox.team.net"; =
class=3D"">Shop-talk@autox.team.net</a><br class=3D""><b =
class=3D"">Cc:</b><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a =
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class=3D"">alfuller194@gmail.com</a><br class=3D""><b =
class=3D"">Subject:</b><span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Re: [Shop-talk] =
Professional Shop Question- I'll make one<o:p =
class=3D""></o:p></div></div><div style=3D"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; =
font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=3D""><o:p =
class=3D"">&nbsp;</o:p></div><div style=3D"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; =
font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=3D"">Al =
writes,</span><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><br =
class=3D""><br class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: =
Arial, sans-serif;" class=3D"">&gt;</span><span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>In other words, I you or =
someone else on the list comes up with an open-source or cheap solution, =
we can all benefit!<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><br =
class=3D""><br class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: =
Arial, sans-serif;" class=3D"">OK, I'll be happy to make one for free =
for anyone to use. &nbsp;If you remember, a while back, I offered to =
make a 'car maintenance log' for anyone here that wanted it. &nbsp;While =
no one bit, I did make it, I called it "BOLTRAK"</span><span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><br class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=3D"">You =
put in your cars, part numbers for oil filters, oil weight and =
capacities, etc. &nbsp;Then you add a record each time you work on that =
vehicle. &nbsp;It can record time and money spent, vehicle miles the =
work was performed at, etc.</span><span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><br class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=3D"">I'm =
sure it can use some polish. It's not perfect, since I'm the only one =
using it, but I like it.</span><span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><br class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" =
class=3D"">NOTE- Like me, none of my software is pretty. &nbsp;It's =
'brutish' at best, but, also like me, it gets the job done.</span><span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><br class=3D""><br =
class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, =
sans-serif;" class=3D"">If there really is an interest, I'll be happy to =
make a web based tool inventory application. &nbsp;A big advantage would =
be that it would be 100% off site (your site) so if the unthinkable =
happened, the data is safe. (of course, I can email you an excel =
spreadsheet anytime you want.)</span><span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><br class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=3D"">So, =
just email me the features you think are important, and I'll put it =
together if there is enough interest.</span><span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><br class=3D""><br =
class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, =
sans-serif;" class=3D"">What I think a record would need...</span><span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><br class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" =
class=3D"">-Tool</span><span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><br class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" =
class=3D"">-Brand</span><span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><br class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" =
class=3D"">-Date purchased</span><span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><br class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" =
class=3D"">-Amount</span><span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><br =
class=3D""></div></div></blockquote>=E2=80=9CAmount I told the wife=E2=80=9D=
. This one is nice as we get older and forget what we told her, I can =
guarantee she wont forget.</div><div>=E2=80=9CSerial number=E2=80=9D not =
all tools have them, but the big ones do.<br class=3D""><blockquote =
type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div class=3D""><div class=3D"WordSection1" =
style=3D"page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: =
Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: =
normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; =
text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; =
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: =
none;"><div style=3D"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; =
font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size: =
10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=3D"">-Where purchased (is =
that worth having?)</span><span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br =
class=3D""></div></div></div></blockquote>&nbsp;I think it is worth =
having.</div><div>&nbsp;And I would =E2=80=9CWarranty Expires=E2=80=9D =
some big tools to have warranties.<br class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite"=
 class=3D""><div class=3D""><div class=3D"WordSection1" style=3D"page: =
WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; =
font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; =
font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; =
text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; =
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: =
none;"><div style=3D"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; =
font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size: =
10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=3D"">-Photo?</span><span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><br class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" =
class=3D"">-Copy of receipt?</span><span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><br class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" =
class=3D"">-Where stored?</span><span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><br class=3D""><br =
class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, =
sans-serif;" class=3D"">I could also do an import if you have a =
spreadsheet already, just send it to me and I can import it into your =
tool vault.</span><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><br =
class=3D""><br class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: =
Arial, sans-serif;" class=3D"">I could also build in an 'wife total.' =
&nbsp;Meaning that you would click on a total money spent button, but it =
would only show you a predefined percentage of the actual value that you =
set. &nbsp;IE, you set a 50% value. &nbsp;Anytime you hit the 'total =
spent' button, it would only show you 50% of the value. This would be to =
prevent domestic violences of course! &nbsp;8&gt;)</span><span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><br class=3D""><br =
class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, =
sans-serif;" class=3D"">Any other ideas?</span><span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><br class=3D""><br =
class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, =
sans-serif;" class=3D"">Again, it would be web based (not platform =
dependant) and 100% free all the time.</span><span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><br class=3D""><br =
class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, =
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