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Mission Creep
Bluechip:
--- Quote from: sparky961 on January 13, 2017, 07:36:02 PM ---Pete, you're somewhere around half way to the solution I've always dreamed of. You got the "little indexed boxes" part spot on, but for me going and looking something up every time I want to put something away or fetch it is a bit tedious.
*MY* dream organization system is this *PLUS* a pick/place robotic system! You have a "delivery" area where you can tell the computer "I have this widget to store". It then asks you a few simple questions like what you call it, some keywords to find it, size and weight (better yet, it weighs it and uses a vision system to get rough measurements), then a box appears by way of electromechanical magic. You put the item in the box and press the "STORE" button.
When you want this, or anything else, at a later date you simply search the database or browse by category, pick an item, and it's delivered in it's own little box right in front of you. Of course by the time this becomes practical (if ever) you'll just tell it in your natural voice "I need an M6 by 1 socket head cap screw, 25mm long". And it might say "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that. But I do have a 15mm or a 35mm that might work. Would you like one of those?" Oh god.... BLISS!
You could run all sorts of useful queries like "what have I not accessed for 5 years?" or better yet "purge items not accessed for 10 years" - where the matching items are delivered directly to the dumpster out back! ;) Sure, a little tongue in cheek but can you imagine the possibilities? The storage itself could also be very compact and located in an area not normally accessible to you - like an attic, wall/floor cavity, overhead (unless you're over 7' tall), whatever goes.
If only it could be made affordable for the average person. :(
Pay attention to how the system here is loaded at about 1:25.... WOW, that's simple!
Shrink this one down, make it affordable, and I'm in storage heaven!
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Brings back awful memories of the stuff I worked on .... :scratch:
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=aml%2f2&&view=detail&mid=9BA298CED915B9B7D1019BA298CED915B9B7D101&FORM=VRDGAR
Dave
Spurry:
--- Quote from: RobWilson on January 14, 2017, 05:29:58 AM ---Morning Pete,
I haven't given it much thought, do you have something in place for the inevitable?
Rob.
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Morning Rob
With that in mind, that is how my mission crept. :bugeye:
All the tool-type items I buy are now added to the database, with purchase cost and few other details.
My wife and daughter are pretty clueless about the tools, but the future son-in-law is pretty hot on computers (runs rings round me).
My idea was that with the above info, he would at least have somewhere to start. As those within *our circle* know, it is not the size of things that give them value, but what they cost.
There are many benefits to such a record. Insurance purposes for one.
Answers the question, did I buy one of those, or do I need one? Where it is now? has not quite been cracked, but I'm working on that.
The obvious everyday use - which box has M10 capheads? So I just checked for "m10 x " . There are 40 hits. Just scan through those, find that in N8 yellow, I bought 50 off M10 x 80 capheads from RS in 2/8/2010. In theory, there should be some in the box but not how many.
Looking at it the other way. I know I had a 22mm reamer for my slotter project, and assumed a 21.50 drill would be there too, but alas no. My large drills are not yet indexed :doh: so that project stalled.
I just wondered if others had given the disposal question much thought.
Pete
ieezitin:
To the popping of clogs dilemma
I have for 20 years kept detail records of my purchases & sales for my shop, to be honest its been a side business that pays for the addiction to the hobby, all my stock, machines and tooling comes from auctions or sales which i found presented me with a problem, not having a need for all I purchase I must resell of course for a profit but it tends to build up into an inventory which in turn creates a storage problem.
I created a spreadsheet to catalog this, within the sheet it shows what the item is and purchase price, date, resold how much, where its stored... if i purchased a machine that i part out i have a simple code to show me the breakdown of costs and profits, in my file for the shop i have photographs of the high money items showing the purchase price and current resale value this is for my wife, anything under $50.00 is not shown.
My wife has been to auctions with me and knows the scene well, we have talked about my shop and the value within it and she now has a clear view of what everything is and how much its worth. Cataloging this way yields surprising results.
My original spreadsheet was converted into Google sheets and my shop file is stored in Google drive, so now its so easy to on the fly store this information i do this in my shop or at the auction via my phone.
Anthony
Spurry:
Anthony, that sounds an excellent system and you have all the bases covered. :clap: As such, your wife will probably never need it..........but you never know.
BR
Pete
John Rudd:
--- Quote from: Spurry on January 13, 2017, 06:00:51 PM ---Thanks for the comments.
The calendar was a Christmas present. :clap:
On a more serious note, have you made any preparations for those who have to follow, and sort out your workshops? Not trying to be morbid, just realistic.
Pete
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I'm expecting 'Er-indoors to outlive me....after all she is 4 yrs my junior....and life expectancy of some one with RA is somewhat reduced by 10 yrs or so they say....
That said, I'm leaving all my workshop to my son....between him and his mother they can decide....I wont be around...
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