Search Tips

With thousands of items available on machtool.com, and new products constantly being added, finding the product you're looking for may seem a bit daunting. To find exactly what you need, as quickly as possible, we provide three methods to search our store: A Quick Search, an Advanced Search, and a Store Directory.

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Quick Search

In the quick search, you may search by item code, description, customized part number or vendor. This search is located in the right sidebar of every store page. There is a drop down box to help identify the search.

All searches use an AND between search terms.  A match will result if the search term matches even a partial part of a word.

Examples
A “description” search for: SOC 1-1 will match the following descriptions:
1/2" DRIVE 1-1/16" 12PT SOCKET 
1-1/2 - 6X4-1/2" SOCKET HEAD CAP SCREW 
1MT 1-1/2 OD STD SOLID SOCK  

A “description” search for: 1/4 SE CARB will match the following descriptions:
1-1/4-12 DIE NUT & SET CARB STEEL HEXAGN 
7/16" 1/4-28 120DG 2FL CARB MICRO-STOP C'SINK THREADED SHK INSERTED PILOT
1/8" 2FL CARB SE BALL 1/4LOC 1-1/2OAL CC TiCN ENDMILL
1/2" 5FL CARB SE 1-1/4LOC 3OAL CC HELIX TiAlN ENDMILL

A “description” search for: COAT 1 will match the following descriptions:
#61 JOBBER LENGTH TIN COAT 
1/16" 2FLT SE TIN COATED CARB END MILL 
9761 NITRILE COATED GLOVES  
CDEW32242L 318 COATED INSERT

Types of Searches
Item Code:
(Use this search if your know an exact or partial Machine Tool Supply Item Number):

Description:
(Use this search to search for items if you know some of the description or keywords)

Customer Part Number:
(Use this search if your part numbers are loaded in the Machine Tool Supply database)

Notes
A good technique is to first search by description using a very brief term that you know will be in the description, and then based on the results, do another search using the terms and abbreviations that appear in the descriptions of items similar to what you are searching for.

Another good technique is to first search by Vendor for the Manufacturer’s name, then either browse the results for your item, or do a description search using terms similar to what you viewed in the Vendor search.

You may also use quotation marks around a search term to find an exact match.

Advanced Search

If you are unsure what category a product you are looking for is contained, try our Advanced Product Search. The Advanced Product Search allows you to specify your criteria for multiple fields at one time. Simply decide what's important to you for each option, and then scan the entire machtool.com inventory for items that match.

Every now and then you may get a search that returns No Results. If you see this, please check to make sure that you spelled the keyword correctly. Although we will attempt to return the information that you want, misspelled words will not generally match anything in our database.

Store Directory Search

To make things easy, we've grouped our products into 9 categories: Cutting Tools, Sawing, Abrasives, Work holding & Fixturing Components, Tool & Die Mold Supplies, Industrial Supplies, Fluids, Machine Tools & Accessories, and Tools.

When you select one of the product categories, that categories contents are displayed along the left-hand side column and in the middle of the screen. This category drill-down continues until you reach the lowest level of a category where a products item code will be displayed.

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