Working Prototype — Play With It

Tool crib tracking, without the paperwork.

I'll be upfront: I've never run a tool crib. My background is software and sales. But shop owners keep telling me the same thing — nobody really knows what's on the shelf, and counting it all by hand is a chore. So I built this prototype to show what a simple check-in/check-out app could look like. Click around, and tell me what's wrong with it — because how your shop actually works is exactly what I'd build around.

The Shelf, Live

Tap Check Out when someone grabs a tool, Check In when it comes back. A red bar means stock is getting low — in a real setup, that's when you'd get an automatic reorder reminder.

How I'd actually build this for you: no per-seat licenses, no expensive kiosk hardware. One shared screen at the crib, or everyone's phone. I've connected software like this to QuickBooks before — and if your shop runs something else, that's the first thing we'd talk through.

Build an Assembly

One idea shop owners have brought up: pre-built tool packages that get checked out as a single unit. Here's what building one on screen could look like. (If I've got the terminology wrong — even better, that's the conversation I want to have.)

Spindle Holder

Extension

Collet

Cutter

CAT40 · STD · ER16 · ENDMILL

The Office View

Same information, rolled up for whoever orders tooling. No re-typing counts from a clipboard — it's already counted.

Assemblies saved 3

Total items tracked 143

Running low — time to reorder 1 tool type

QuickBooks sync Live · 2 min ago