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  format of inventories
 
I am compiling some set piece inventories and wonder many things. Steve Bliss pointed me to some lists of part names - thanks. But I was also wondering about the format for such a list. Is it a matter of personal taste ? My preference is either (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-99, to lugnet.db.inv)
 
  Re: format of inventories
 
(...) I've been doing simple text-lists, on the assumption that (a) comma-delimited is too hard to read, and (b) tab-delimited posts could end up with the tabs being munged to spaces. So I figured that fixed-width, spaces-filled lists would be the (...) (25 years ago, 29-Mar-99, to lugnet.db.inv)
 
  Re: format of inventories
 
Steve, what is the part number on the white multifaceted hemisphere on the Y-wing? -John Van Steve Bliss wrote in message <36ff81cd.4154275@lu...et.com>... (...) of (...) most (...) I'm (...) (25 years ago, 29-Mar-99, to lugnet.db.inv)
 
  Re: format of inventories
 
(...) 30208. (25 years ago, 29-Mar-99, to lugnet.db.inv)
 
  Re: format of inventories
 
Interesting. So the white and transparent parts take the 30208 number, while the "metallic" versions take another number. In other cases, don't the transparent versions of a part use different numbers than the "regular" opaque versions? -John Van (...) (25 years ago, 30-Mar-99, to lugnet.db.inv)
 
  Re: format of inventories
 
(...) My understanding is that the 'chroming' process increases the size of the part slightly, so chrome parts come from different molds from regular-opaque and transparent parts. The chrome-part molds create slightly smaller pieces, to allow for (...) (25 years ago, 30-Mar-99, to lugnet.db.inv)
 
  Re: format of inventories
 
Hmm.... I just checked a silver brick. Its 3001. Fascinating... Kim Toll Steve Bliss wrote in message <370110cc.18469064@l...et.com>... (...) "regular" (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-99, to lugnet.db.inv)
 
  Re: format of inventories
 
(...) My mind is now blown. Maybe the 2x4 brick is simple enough that the tolerances weren't a big deal. Or there wasn't enough time to make a new mold for the promotion. Or Enfield couldn't get the clearance to make an off-spec 2x4 brick mold. What (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-99, to lugnet.db.inv)

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