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

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Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Professional Shop Question- I'll make one
From: Jeff Scarbrough via Shop-talk <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2020 20:35:59 -0400
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> -Where purchased (is that worth having?)

Very helpful, if you want to buy another one.



On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 5:19 PM eric--- via Shop-talk <
shop-talk@autox.team.net> wrote:

> Al writes,
>
> > In other words, I you or someone else on the list comes up with an
> open-source or cheap solution, we can all benefit!
>
> 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"
> 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.
> I'm sure it can use some polish. It's not perfect, since I'm the only one
> using it, but I like it.
> NOTE- Like me, none of my software is pretty.  It's 'brutish' at best,
> but, also like me, it gets the job done.
>
> 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.)
> So, just email me the features you think are important, and I'll put it
> together if there is enough interest.
>
> What I think a record would need...
> -Tool
> -Brand
> -Date purchased
> -Amount
> -Where purchased (is that worth having?)
> -Photo?
> -Copy of receipt?
> -Where stored?
>
> 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.
>
> 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>)
>
> Any other ideas?
>
> Again, it would be web based (not platform dependant) and 100% free all
> the time.
>
>
>
> "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
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family=
:sans-serif">&gt; -Where purchased
(is that worth having?)</span>=C2=A0 =C2=A0<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><=
/div><div>Very helpful, if you want to buy another one.</div><div><br></div=
><div><br></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gm=
ail_attr">On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 5:19 PM eric--- via Shop-talk &lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:shop-talk@autox.team.net";>shop-talk@autox.team.net</a>&gt; wrote=
:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.=
8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span style=3D=
"font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Al writes,</span>
<br>
<br><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">&gt;</span><span =
style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">
In other words, I you or someone else on the list comes up with an open-sou=
rce
or cheap solution, we can all benefit! </span>
<br>
<br><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">OK, I&#39;ll be h=
appy
to make one for free for anyone to use.=C2=A0 If you remember, a while
back, I offered to make a &#39;car maintenance log&#39; for anyone here tha=
t wanted
it.=C2=A0 While no one bit, I did make it, I called it &quot;BOLTRAK&quot;<=
/span>
<br><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">You put in your
cars, part numbers for oil filters, oil weight and capacities, etc.=C2=A0 T=
hen
you add a record each time you work on that vehicle.=C2=A0 It can record
time and money spent, vehicle miles the work was performed at, etc.</span>
<br><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">I&#39;m sure it c=
an
use some polish. It&#39;s not perfect, since I&#39;m the only one using it,=
 but
I like it.</span>
<br><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">NOTE- Like me,
none of my software is pretty.=C2=A0 It&#39;s &#39;brutish&#39; at best, bu=
t, also
like me, it gets the job done.</span>
<br>
<br><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">If there really
is an interest, I&#39;ll be happy to make a web based tool inventory applic=
ation.
=C2=A0A 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>
<br><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">So, just email
me the features you think are important, and I&#39;ll put it together if th=
ere
is enough interest.</span>
<br>
<br><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">What I think a
record would need...</span>
<br><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">-Tool</span>
<br><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">-Brand</span>
<br><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">-Date purchased</=
span>
<br><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">-Amount</span>
<br><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">-Where purchased
(is that worth having?)</span>
<br><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">-Photo?</span>
<br><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">-Copy of receipt?=
</span>
<br><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">-Where stored?</s=
pan>
<br>
<br><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">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>
<br>
<br><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">I could also buil=
d
in an &#39;wife total.&#39; =C2=A0Meaning that you would click on a total m=
oney
spent button, but it would only show you a predefined percentage of the
actual value that you set.=C2=A0 IE, you set a 50% value.=C2=A0 Anytime
you hit the &#39;total spent&#39; button, it would only show you 50% of the=
 value.
This would be to prevent domestic violences of course! =C2=A08&gt;)</span>
<br>
<br><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Any other ideas?<=
/span>
<br>
<br><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Again, it would
be web based (not platform dependant) and 100% free all the time.</span>
<br>
<br><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif"><br>
<br>
&quot;Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a ratio=
nal
being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory.&quot; Ralph
Waldo Emerson <br>
-Who is John Galt?</span>
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