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I keep a spiral bound notebook near my bench for jotting things down. I used to make sheets in the notebook for different powders and what the powder measure would throw when set to a specific setting. Unfortunate for me, years ago my (now ex) wife threw away my first note book that had years of loads and casting tricks. With the advent of computers and the plethora of old, surplus laser jet printers, I have been making and using custom forms.
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Sorry, I don't have Microsoft Office. This is from Open Office.
I recently changed it to include the little Lee Auto Disk. On the side I have spaces for the new and the old Lee dippers. I really like these sheets. Saves a bunch of time from having to write everything out like I used to.
Anyway, this is what I now use.
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I use handloading software but I also keep a paper trail that starts with entries in a notebook. I have been using a spreadsheet that I made 20 years ago or better for load development. It has a lot of calculations dealing with the increments of a load and is tied to a list of powders that I maintain. Here is a sceenshot of it:
load_worksheet.jpg
I'm also an Open Office user.
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I'm old school I sport English comp books for records they seem to hold up better over time for me in range bags and such. I use rubber bands to keep them closed when not in use or to hold open on windy days at the bench. Now I just need to organize them so I can find what I want when I need to.
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+1 :t
An ignorant person is one who doesn't know what you have just found out.

When setting a job up for myself it must be Idiot Proof as well, as I am a bigger idiot than most people I know, and I prove it to myself everyday.
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Here is my paper trail in use...
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I have the spiral bound notebooks going back at least 25 years.
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Show Off! :P :lol:

Wow RD those 3 ring binder printout are very professional! Even the printing in the spiral bound notes is neat and legible and detailed. Very nice. I bet your years as a pilot paid off in precision and neatness.
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daboone wrote:I bet your years as a pilot paid off in precision and neatness.
It was my primary grade school. Those nuns would not let us boys get away with anything!
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Post by GasGuzzler »

I'm not dumb but I write like a donkey.

I keep records on what I build. Since I never get to use them I have little notes on what works.

I found my UniFlow labeled "5.0 Unique" but never found notes on what was loaded with such.

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I dialed it back to 3.8 for the .32-20s and relabeled it.

I think I forgot to write it in my book. Dang.
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Ranch Dog, your screenshot looks like a database output instead of the usual boxes from a spreadsheet. Nice.
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cj8281 wrote:Ranch Dog, your screenshot looks like a database output instead of the usual boxes from a spreadsheet. Nice.
Thanks. It is a formatted spreadsheet (ods) that pulls data from another spreadsheet that has my powders.
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