Best logging format?

[evansd2]

There have been other discussions of this, but it’s not the easiest thing to search for. Here are a few that I found:

Google Sheet / Form Cut Log for the Glowforge

Continuing the discussion from Does my Glowforge have a personality?: I use a Google Form and Google Sheet to log every job I run on my Glowforge. It’s really easy to fill out and has come in handy when I want to look back at previous jobs for settings / times / and materials. I have made a copy for your use how ever you see fit. It’s not too complicated and feel free to adapt it to your workflow. It is available here. To copy this to your Drive Highlight the Form and the Sheet Right Click -…

Laser Job Tracking with Google

Having run a handful of jobs on my shiny new laser I’ve come to the realization that details are good things to track. Big surprise there;p So instead of designing a lasered porthole to add to my fence so my cats can view the world from their bubble, I spent some time designing up a way to track jobs with the Google Form survey and sheet output. [Capture] There is a lot more content than this short pic indicates! Direct link to make your own copy without seeing more of it: ht…

I Just Used the Back Slot!

I have a bit of a public one going if you care to contribute. Other wise I’m excited to see your sheet! Just follow to the Google doc, it’s in there somewhere.

Personally I have a loose google doc without a ton of rigor on the format. It isn’t pretty but it’s quick and hasn’t gotten too out of hand that my format has caused any problems so far.