Digital Zeus™ HVAC Tool & Instruments Journal

 Tool & Instrument: Tracking | Inventory | Identification | Cataloging

It’s been awhile……a long while since I’ve actually sit down and did a comprehensive inventory on my tools and instruments. Don’t get me wrong, I can spot a missing nutdriver in a tool drawer with 60 of the same kind in it, but that isn’t adequate for insurance and replacement purposes.At one time I had an alpha-numeric identification system engraved into everything, but most in current use do not bear those markings. My own agent recommends both identifying markings as well as an accompaning image catalog for insurance purposes. I took a look in the van today and to follow his recommendation is daunting…..to say the least. I would think 10-12 months to even make a sizeable dent.This has always been a part of tool ownership that I did not particularly care for, but now I have put it off for so long I don’t even know where to start. It would take forever to engrave, then photograph, then price, then assemble in a reasonably organized catalog (or a disorganized one for that matter). Sound like a familiar problem? Or at least give you something to think about. Find out what program we identified that permits structuring a catalog with editable identification fields as well as the capability to document the Tools & Instruments with Images, all in the same exportable/importable file here: http://hvacprotech.forumwise.com/hvacprotech-thread3300.html

Thought I would update this Article with a screenshot of an example of the program referenced here:

Note that all of the fields appearing in the chart screenshot above vertically and horizontally are fully editable. The number of columns as well as the number of rows [cells] are also user defined. The screenshot example above was simply for illustrational purposes.