Tracking Shop Hours

[Joseph Garrett]

Tom,
IMHO The "G" Piano Works Repair Labor Guide is the fairest system to use.
Joe Garrett
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Cole" <tcole@cruzio.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2001 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: Tracking Shop Hours


> Terry Farrell wrote:
> > 
> > Does anyone have any
> > great tried-and-true methods for tracking shop hours - hours spent on
> > individual projects - and better yet, broken down into specific tasks.
> 
> A tip I gleaned out of a long ago Journal was to modify a wall clock (or
> any electric, analog clock) by interrupting the battery or AC power line
> with a switch. Set the clock to 12:00, run the clock each time you're
> working on a task and it will indicate the total elapsed time.
> 
> The person who thought this up probably had an old clock he would have
> otherwise thrown out and a spare switch, so the cost was nil. I don't
> know why a cheap stop watch wouldn't work just as well, though.
> 
> Tom Cole
>