I need an alloy calculator

[Kevin Stenberg]

Bumpo on CB had a really good alloy calculator which was on my computer. Somehow it disappeared. And I can't get it back because I do not have Word on my computer. Has anyone saved a copy that can transfer to my comp. Thanks Kevin

 

[Rick]

I think that was available on CB. Is it no longer there?

 

[Brad]

The calculator used Excel, not Word.
I think it will work even if you don't have the software.

 

[Kevin Stenberg]

I am not a computer guy. Everytime I went to Bumpo's link it wouldn't let me in because of not having Word. I will ask my son to do his magic to get to it again.
He has one of those dream jobs for all gamers. He helps make computer games.

 

[quicksylver]

Is this the link you're having trouble with?..https://www.goodsteelforum.com/filedata/fetch?id=1216

 

[Hawk]

Is this what you are looking for?
This is not mine and I don't remember who sent it to me.
Hope this is not a faux pas by sharing.

 

[Brad]

That is the one I use.

 

[358156 hp]

Here it is

 

[fiver]

I just do the math in my head.
it's simple times and divide math.

 

[Rick]

I just do the math in my head.
it's simple times and divide math.

I cheat and use a calculator.
.

 

[Brad]

I'm smart enough to let Excel do the heavy lifting.

 

[Tony]

Word and Excel are both part of MS Office. The alloy calculator is a spread sheet run by Excel. OpenOffice.org (I think) does the same things as MS Office Suite and is a free down load.

 

[JonB]

Some of my alloy blending, I can calculate in my head, but when I start needing to mix three different alloys, I need Bumpo's excel spreadsheet...and generally work backwards. I use openoffice (now part of Apache software).

 

[KeithB]

One more vote for OpenOffice as a free substitute for MS Office.

 

[Kevin Stenberg]

. Hawk and 358156 I get the same message as when I try from Bumpos link.
Keith where do I go to get Open Office? Remember i'm not a computer guy.

 

[Brad]

https://openoffice.apache.org/downloads.html

 

[KeithB]

Thanks Brad, I would have had to look up the link.

Kevin, I've had zero problems with installing and using Open Office, any difficulty has been my ignorance and not bad code. It's real easy to do most of what people usually need to do. One tip, the default document types are not the same as MS Office. It will open and save in MS Office native formats, no problem with importing/opening, and you can specify a number of different formats when saving, just select the file type when you first SAVE or SAVE AS. If you run into problems I'll be glad to try and help you, I'm sure a lot of other folks would also.