<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML style="FONT-SIZE: medium; FONT-FAMILY: AGaramond Bold"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.5296.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=3>Since it is just for inventory purposes, why not just leave it as weight, either grams or ounces?</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=3>If it is a charge to customers, then just subtract the present weight, from the previous weight, and multiply, by your purchase price, times your mark-up.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=3>It will be close enough, even if it won't tell you the exact inches used, or left.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada.<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=joegarrett@earthlink.net href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">Joseph Garrett</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 31, 2006 11:50 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Inventory</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <P> <DIV>Daniel asked: "hi list <DIV>i'm wanting to start keeping track of my inventory for tax purposes. the </DIV> <DIV>only hangup i'm having though is how to keep track of stuff like piano wire. </DIV> <DIV>how do i know exactly how much i have now and how in the heck do i keep </DIV> <DIV>track of what i use? do i have to measure each piece of wire i cut and write </DIV> <DIV>it down along with the size of wire every single time i change a string? and </DIV> <DIV>what about glue and other supplies like that?"</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Daniel,</DIV> <DIV>There is a fairly simple way to figure how much wire you have left in a "roll". There is/was a chart in APSCO that said how many feet were in a 1 Pound Roll. When you get a new roll, weigh it....do the math. After each use, weigh it. If you use the canisters, as I do, you have to Tare the cannister weight. I use an olde postal scale, adjustable. However you could use one of them new fangled electronic scales that will allow you to Tare the "Brake" or the Cannister or whatever. K?</DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon)</DIV> <DIV>Captain, Tool Police</DIV> <DIV>Squares R I</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>