Wright
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Does anyone keep a record or data base of the pens they make? Like date, pen kit, material, who it went to, Gift or for sale? I was just wondering because I would like to start some sort of record of my pens that I make.
I use an old (free) version of PenBox available at My Pen Box A Pen Maker's Database.
Penventory - Please LoginI use the progaram Penventory and it has served me well, it is free but you can donate some money if you like it.
I understand the record keeping, but when do you get time to turn????
Pictures, spreadsheets, costs, discounts, types of wood, acrylic fancy names, etc.
I admire you all.
gordon
...then as time went on it got ignored more and more then after a couple hundred pens I said to heck with it, too much hassle!
You can link the pictures to the spreadsheet with a file hyperlink in a cell. This has helped me numerous times when I lost track of which pen is which number, just click on the link and up pops the image.I have photos of every pen in numbered folders along with a text file of the details. These numbers match up to an excel spreadsheet that keeps track of costs, pricing, sales, etc...
I just downloaded a free office program and it has a spreadsheet, database, and work processing.