Findamachine Network

The Findamachine search engine and directory is getting more and more popular with the machine tools industry and we are receiving more and more visiters everyday.

This is due to the search engine optimisation of our site.  We are currently at the top of the search engines (google being the most popular search engine) for most of are search terms as follows :

machine tools for sale -

• google.co.uk #1,
• google.com #3,
• yahoo.com #1,
• msn.com #1

lathes for sale -

• google.co.uk #3+4,
• google.com #5+6,
• yahoo.com #4+5,
• msn.com #3

machining centers for sale  - 

• google.co.uk #2+3,
• google.com #1+2,
• yahoo.com #1+2,
• msn.com #1

milling machines for sale -

• google.co.uk #6,
• google.com #10,
• yahoo.com #8+9,
• msn.com #3

turning machines for sale -

• google.co.uk #2+3,
• google.com #2+3,
• yahoo.com #1+2,
• msn.com #5+6

machine tool dealers -

• google.co.uk #1+2,
• google.com #1,
• yahoo.com #3+4,
• msn.com #8+9

machine tool agents -

• google.co.uk #3,
• google.com #2,
• yahoo.com #6+7,
• msn.com #8+9

machine tool manufacturers - 

• google.co.uk #2,
• google.com #6,
• yahoo.com #1,
• msn.com #9

machine tool builders -

• google.co.uk #4,
• google.com #5,
• yahoo.com #6,
• msn.com #9

machine tool directory -

• google.co.uk #3,
• google.com #6,
• yahoo.com #2,
• msn.com #6

As you can see from above we are ranked very highly for the more generic search terms but we also gain alot of traffic from the more specific search terms for example machine make and models (doosan s280 google #1), machine tools types, company names and moany many more.

Findamachine has released it’s new and used milling machines search engine to complement it’s world renowned turning machines search engine.

We have been very busy at Findamachine adding over 3900 milling machine specifications from small manual millers to heavy duty CNC horizontal borers.

Our milling machines  search engine has been finding more and more machines for sale from all over the world and is now searching over 1300 stocklists daily.  Today it found 2681 machines available for sale and is growing at an amazing rate that should surpas our turning machines search engine very soon.

It’s like going to google and being able to say for example ” show me all the machining centers currently for sale that have this capacity and this control “.  Using a normal search engine you just can’t do this and using some of the large broker sites alot of the machines have been sold and not deleted.

We have been receiving amazing feedback from users using our search engines for example : 

This site is genius! Well done.  Jeffrey Gough, Southampton University, United Kingdom

it is very helpful to the person like me who just started the business and looking forward to import the machinery to mumbai, morlan engineering works, India

great site for finding machine thanks, mp engineering Ltd, United Kingdom

This is the first time I have used this site and I have to say I like the concept. Thanks, Currie Engineering, United Kingdom

The findamachine website is very usefull for organizations like ours as we are contnuously in search of machine tools,further all the necessary information is available world wide at a press of a button.It is like the globe is on our palm, Solex Engineering (pvt) Ltd, Sri Lanka

For companies who want more exposure and an enhanced presence on Findamachine.  We offer a Premium Membership where your company and machines will stand out from the crowd with as much multimedia like photos, documents, brochure and videos as you like.  This is all done online through our machinery management system.

If you are interested in Premium Membership, please see here.

Machine tool dealers Macrotec’s new Findamachine site has connected over 10,000 potential buyers with grateful dealers since launching a new service in May. The newly updated site at www.findamachine.com offers users the opportunity to search for new or used lathes currently listed on over 1000 stock lists on the internet. The simple search system allows users to search on any field from a database of over 2500 new and used lathes and click directly through to the seller.

“We opened up the service free to anyone without requiring registration and suddenly the flood gates opened “ said Richard Moss, Chief Developer of Findamachine.com. “It’s the only site that is updated daily automatically, so users know it’s up to date.”

Macrotec Machine Tools Ltd have been developing their Findamachine site for some years now and have added 4500 lathe specifications to an extensive machine tool directory to provide a valuable and user friendly tool for engineers all over the world. The list of lathes for sale is updated daily and includes machine tool dealers and auctioneers sites.

“We’ve cut out the middleman and allow potential buyers to click straight through to seller’s websites. We take no part in the sales process and charge no commission for sales. We are financing the site from advertising revenues,” says Stuart Moss Managing director of Findamachine. “From the feedback we are getting it’s definitely the way forward for the market. Machine tool buyers love Findamachine because it saves them so much time trawling the dealers’ sites on the internet. It was the time it took us searching the web for a lathe with a specific dimension for one of our customers that gave us the idea for the Findamachine project 3 years ago. Because we are engineers ourselves we’ve worked hard to make the search as simple and comprehensive as possible and we are continually building our database of specifications and machine tool dealers.”

Findamachine is growing everyday and becoming more and more useful to our users.

Findamachine today has found 2685 currently available lathes for sale from all over the world. The types of lathes vary from mini to heavy duty, from manual to computer numerically controlled ( CNC ), from old to brand new and everything in between.

We are finding more and more machines for buyers and saving them so much time, it’s not supprising we receive such great comments.

Now that we are finding so many lathes users can have too much choice for example today we have 33 Colchester Mascot 1600 Lathes available for sale that are mostly in the United Kingdom or Europe.

Sellers can now upgrade to Premium Membership to stand out from their competiton and give the buyers more information on the Findamachine site like offer details, description and unlimited multi-media.

Findamachine has now become the undisputed No 1 place to go for lathe specifications, information, machine tool builder details and dealer/agent data.

We have now got 4500 lathe specifications in our database and we are growing everyday. Our data entry team led by Rachel Porter has been working day and night collecting information to help you find the lathe that you are looking for.

Anyone hazard a guess to how many different lathe models have ever been produced ?

Well we will find out soon enough!

What is the most popular lathe model on sale today ?

What is the most requested make of lathe ?

See below for the 50 top lathe make and models as searched for by Findamachine users June 2008.

Top 50 models of lathes :

HARRISON M300
COLCHESTER BANTAM
COLCHESTER STUDENT 1800
HARRISON M250
COLCHESTER TRIUMPH 2000
COLCHESTER MASCOT 1600
ACER 1440G
MYFORD SUPER 7
COLCHESTER MASCOT
MORI SEIKI ZL-25
HARDINGE HLV
MAZAK INTEGREX 400Y
MAZAK QT 10
BRIDGEPORT EZ PATH
MIYANO BND34S
MORI SEIKI SL-150
CHESTER MODEL B
DAEWOO PUMA 8S
OKUMA LB 15
HARRISON M400
TOSHIBA TMF10
INDEX G 300
COLCHESTER MASTER 2500
COLCHESTER TORNADO 300
MORI SEIKI SL15
HAAS TL-2
AJAX AJ250
MAZAK QT 15
COLCHESTER MASTIFF 1400
MAZAK MULTIPLEX 620
MORI SEIKI SL-250
SCHAUBLIN 125
AKEBONO MINC-26
TITAN SC 22
DORRIES VTL-1600
MAZAK INTEGREX 30
DAEWOO PUMA V550
MAZAK QT 20
MYFORD ML7R
OKUMA LU 15
HARRISON ALPHA 800 S
ACCUWAY UL-15
MAZAK QT 30
COLCHESTER 2000L
HAAS SL-10
HITACHI SEIKI SUPER HICELL 250
HARRISON ALPHA 330 PLUS
SCHAUBLIN 102
POREBA TR135 B2
MORI SEIKI SL 4

Top 50 Makes :

MAZAK
COLCHESTER
MORI SEIKI
HARRISON
OKUMA
DAEWOO
HAAS
HARDINGE
GILDEMEISTER
HITACHI SEIKI
MYFORD
NAKAMURA
AJAX
TAKISAWA
DOOSAN
MIYANO
POREBA
CINCINNATI
TOS
SCHAUBLIN
ACER
WEILER
NAKAMURA-TOME
TOSHIBA
HWACHEON
XYZ
EMCO
BRIDGEPORT
ACE
ACCUWAY
LEADWELL
HYUNDAI
INDEX
VICTOR
CHESTER
KIA
HANKOOK
JOHNFORD
CLAUSING
TARNOW
FEELER
HERBERT
IKEGAI
GOODWAY
AKEBONO
NARDINI
TITAN
ZMM
DORRIES
SHARP

If you are beginning to put in specifications into our system here is a guide to help you put in the details for your machines

. Login or Register

. On My: findamachine Account Page ‘Click on the machine management’ box in the centre of the page

. This takes you to your companies machinery management page, click on ‘Add a new specification to findamachine’ which can be found in the box at the right-hand side of the page

. To begin putting in your specification click on ’start inputting a new specification’

. Press ‘ok’

. If you want to check if the machine specification is already in our data base put in the make and model in the ‘Existing make and model lookup’ box

. Select machine type of machine eg. horizontal, vertical

. Add machine make and model, click next

. On ‘machine features page’ fill in the relavent fields on the form

. If a field has more than one option, for example it could have a more than one make of control option eg.fanuc or siemens click on the (+)sign on the right of the form, you can add up to 9 options.
If you need to delete any click on the minus (-) on the left of the form. This applies to all pages of the specification.

. If you are editing a page press ’save’. To continue putting in a specification click ‘next’

. On ‘Main work station’ page fill in relavant fields. If there is more than one work station before going to ‘next’ click on Workstation ‘2′ at the top of the form when you have filled in the relavent number of work station forms click on ‘next’

. On ’sub work station’ page click none, optional or standard. If optional or standard fill in relavent fields for the sub work station
Click on ‘next’

. On ‘tool changer’ page fill in relavent fields. Click on ‘next’

. On ‘tailstock’ page select none, optional or standard. Fill in form for optional or standard

. Click ’save’

Hi all

Today i am going to tell you how to get the most from Findamachine services for FREE.

1) Make sure we can find your lathes on your stock lists by naming each machine with the make and model. By just putting make for example ‘Ajax lathe’ and a size our search engine will not find it.

2) For machine tool builders - make sure you have added all your lathe / turning machine specifications to our database to be added into the search engine.

3) Check your contact details in your company profile are correct and also select the sales contact for your company. This will ensure enquiries get through to you successfully.

4) Select from ‘types of machines sold’ in your company profile both the new and used machine types and makes that you sell. This will add your company to the specific directories.

5) Add a description about your company for customers to read about who you are.

6) Make sure we have all your online stock list URL’s in your machinery management system. Our search engine only searches the stock lists that we tell it too ! If you have a URL to add to our search engine please contact us by phone or email and we will gladly add it.

7) Register for an account on Findamachine News where you can promote your products and services by adding company news, press releases or ask our community a question etc.

8)Add your current wanteds to our machine tools wanteds system for our members to help you find what you are looking for.

Thanks

Richard Moss

Machine Listings

Our unique search engine currently searches for more than 4500 different lathes/turning machines daily on over 1000 stock lists.

Turning machines found on your website’s stock list today. Please contact us here if there are any errors.

Your Web pages searched by Findamachine

Click on “Your Web Pages” to view the list of web pages or URL’s currently searched by Findamachine every day. Please contact us here if you wish to add or remove web pages from the search.

Premium Help

To gain more prominence on Findamachine and to add multimedia e.g. images, videos and documents to your machine listings, become a Premium Member.

Click here for more information.

To Upgrade to Premium Listing

1. Scroll down to the relevant machine on the list and click on the Upgrade link

2. Fill in the specification form , add a brief specification , a short machine description and any other details and click Submit.

3. Check your Premium machine listing and printable quotation.

To Edit your Machine Listing

Upgrade to Premium Listing (see above) and

Either

1. Enter Machine Management and scroll down to the relevant machine and click Edit

Or

1. On the Machine Specification /Quotation page of the relevant machine click the appropriate Edit link.

To enhance a Machine Listing with Multimedia

Upgrade to Premium Listing (see above) and use either of the following paths to the machine’s Virtual Showroom Control Centre.

Either

1. Enter Machine Management and scroll down to the relevant machine and click Manage Multimedia

Or

1. On the Machine Specification /Quotation page of the relevant machine click the Manage Multimedia link

How to use the Virtual Showroom Control Centre

Follow the instructions to add photos, PDF, HTML and videos

To re-order, re-name or delete your multimedia uploads, click on the Manage you virtual showroom page link and follow the instructions.

To copy another enhanced machine listing

It is possible to copy the multimedia and offer details from a premium listing if, for example, you wish to enhance a range of machines that are similar.

Enter Machine Management and click Copy Function. Select the make and model of the machine you want to copy and click Submit.

The Copy Premium Listing Form Step 2 provides a drop down list of machines. Select the make and model you wish to enhance and the copied multimedia will appear on that machine’s listings.

To add “Built to order” or “Refurbished to order” machines to your Premium listings

Machines that are not currently in stock can be advertised on Findamachine.

1. Click on Create a Premium Listing.

2. Select the make and model of the machine you wish to advertise and click Submit.

3. Fill in the specification form, add a brief specification, a short machine description and any other details and click Submit.

4. Check your Premium machine listing and printable quotation.

Sold listings

Premium Machines that are no longer found on your stock list will appear on the Sold Listings page.

Machine Listings

The machines currently listed on our database as manufactured by your company and still in production.

To Add a new specification

Click on ‘Add a new spec to Findamachine’ and follow the instructions (for further help see Create a lathe spec video)

To Edit a Specification

Scroll down to the machine specification and click on the link ‘Edit full spec’

To Remove the ‘In Production’ Tag

If a machine is no longer in production, click the tab ‘Not in Production specifications’ and uncheck the check box next to the relevant machine(s).

Premium Help

To gain more prominence on Findamachine and to add multimedia e.g. images, videos and documents to your machine listings, become a Premium Member.

Click here for more information.

To Upgrade to Premium Listing

Scroll down to the relevant machine on the list and click on the Upgrade link

1. Select the machine you wish to upgrade, add a brief specification , a short machine description and any other details and click Submit.

2. To select your offer method choose one of the following and press Submit

   • Machine offered for sale through agents only

   • Machine offered for sale direct to users of Findamachine (fill in form with offer details)

3. Check your Premium machine listing and printable quotation.

To Edit your Machine Listing

Upgrade to Premium Listing (see above) and

Either

1. Enter Machine Management and scroll down to the relevant machine and click Edit

Or

1. On the Machine Specification /Quotation page of the relevant machine click the appropriate Edit link.

To enhance a Machine Listing with Multimedia

Upgrade to Premium Listing (see above) and use either of the following paths to the machine’s Virtual Showroom Control Centre.

Either

1. Enter Machine Management and scroll down to the relevant machine and click Manage Multimedia

Or

1. On the Machine Specification /Quotation page of the relevant machine click the Manage Multimedia link

How to use the Virtual Showroom Control Centre

Follow the instructions to add photos, PDF, HTML and videos

To re-order, re-name or delete your multimedia uploads, click on the Manage you virtual showroom page link and follow the instructions.

To copy another enhanced machine listing

It is possible to copy the multimedia and offer details from a premium listing if, for example, you wish to enhance a range of machines that are similar.

Enter Machine Management and scroll down to the relevant machine you wish to copy and click Copy.

The Copy Premium Listing Form Step 2 provides a drop down list of machines. Select the make and model you wish to enhance and the copied multimedia will appear on that machine’s listings.