# Hours Log Feature Request

**URL:** <https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/hours-log-feature-request/11982>\
**Category:** Controller (Buildbotics) Discussion\
**Created:** [March 22, 2022, 7:04pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/hours-log-feature-request/11982 "2022-03-22T19:04:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![hamdiggity](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.onefinitycnc.com/hamdiggity/32/22834_2.png) [@hamdiggity](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/hamdiggity)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 7:04pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/hours-log-feature-request/11982/1 "2022-03-22T19:04:04Z")

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I’m not sure if it already exists on the controller, but if not:

Somewhere that the hours of runtime can be logged.

Showing total hours and then another for a customizable pop up that notifies you every “100 hours” or something. That way you can always know when routine maintenance needs to be done.

I think that would be helpful.

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**Author:** ![JimHatch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.onefinitycnc.com/jimhatch/32/3928_2.png) [@JimHatch](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/JimHatch)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/hours-log-feature-request/11982/2 "2022-03-22T20:49:01Z")

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I initially was thinking of adding an hour meter but ended up deciding it wasn’t going to be particularly helpful.

The cleaning/maintenance cycle is dictated less by number of hours of use and more by the types of materials you’re carving.

MDF produces dust more than chips and needs daily (& sometimes more frequent cleaning). Wood on the other hand with proper chip loads and dust collection is more of a “wipe it after use”. Plastics and stone are on both ends of the spectrum as well.

I check for oiling based on when I empty my cyclone - seems to be a good time. I check the brushes on the router on an ad-hoc timeframe (when I can’t remember the last time I checked).

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**Author:** ![hamdiggity](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.onefinitycnc.com/hamdiggity/32/22834_2.png) [@hamdiggity](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/hamdiggity)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/hours-log-feature-request/11982/3 "2022-03-26T16:50:07Z")

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Yeah I agree with the materials as well. But I don’t think it would be too hard to add that feature into the machine? I think it could be helpful for purchasing a machine used as well. Just my thoughts, though!

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**Author:** ![WaywardWoodworker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e79b87/32.png) [@WaywardWoodworker](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/WaywardWoodworker)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/hours-log-feature-request/11982/4 "2022-03-26T17:19:12Z")

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It wouldn’t be hard to add and may be useful for maintenance, Since there isn’t really a persistent memory location flashing the SD card would wipe out any culminative hours counter from a used machine resale value. For that you’d likely need to send usage information out to the cloud or something like that.