Spreadsheets to track materials and build?

[Daniel P]

Are any of you to the point that you're using spreadsheets to track what guitar building materials you have on hand - year cut, wood species, source, stock, etc?

I've started to gather a few pieces of wood for my stash - B/S, tops, brace stock, etc, and realizing it would be wise to get a system in place to track what came from where.

I have Excel and Numbers, but am not a spreadsheet guy by nature - would appreciate a little inspiration if anyone would be up for sharing their process / setup.

[Tim Benware]

I thought about it but I don't keep stuff around long enough to need to.

[Kevin in California]

Haven't thought about doing that

[ken cierp]

Perhaps you could download one of the free inventory control software programs? Don't need to use all of the features.

[Daniel P]

I don't want too go crazy with tracking the little pile of wood I have, but maybe something to list it out. I'll look into a simple inventory template for Excel/Numbers.

Ken, I like the simple spreadsheet your kits ship with that state the material / size /specs for each component of the instrument. I'm think about making something like that as well - maybe include measurements like weight and stiffness/deflection of key components.