I just know that Thursday of next week, I will need a piece
of 3/16" OD stainless tubing about two inches long with say,
0.01" thick walls.

I won't remember the two pieces of perfectly suitable stainless
tubing that I almost threw away tonight, each 4.5" long.

Until I open my Circular File that is.

This spreadsheet is intended to be an open resource for all
denizens of RCM and other folks who make models and prototypes.
I encourage you to wander around your shop measuring all your
Things, so that all can have a way to easily make stuff
using "Stock On Hand". Upload your .CSV version to RCM
and I will integrate it and present the total for everyone.

As you see, the premier version of the sheet has only two items.
That is just a format suggestion. I expect that with your
participation, we can have this up to 10,000 items in no time.



N O T E S

I wrote the original in OpenOffice Calc (.ods)

I renamed the first tab (sheet) "Imperial" and the second tab (sheet) "Metric"

The metric sheet automatically converts from imperial.
I suggest the following 'second sheet' example for Excel users:

=IF (Imperial.B80,Imperial.B8*25.4,"")

And for OpenOffice users:

=IF (Imperial.B80;Imperial.B8*25.4;"")


*****Copy and save the following as 'CircularFile.csv' then import it ******

"This is The Circular File",,,,,,
"A source for Free or Cheap Materials",,,,,,
"All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.",,,,,,
,,,,,,
,"Nominal","Nominal","Nominal","Nominal",,
"Material","Diameter or Width","Depth","Wall Thickness","Length","Notes","Source"
,"Inches +- 0.01”","Inches +- 0.01”","Inches +- 0.002”","Inches",,
"Stainless Steel?",0.1875,,0.01,4.5,"Light oxidation one end","Solder cartridge from Metcal MX-500 and SP-200 MX-RM3E handpiece"
"HDPE?",1.67,,0.033,1.67,"“Cup” shape. One end open","Protective cap from a 200 mL dispenser of GoJo Provon Antibacterial Handwash"

*****Copy and save the above as 'CircularFile.csv' then import it ******


As always, I look forward to your helpful corrections and suggestions.


Thanks!


--Winston