Findamachine Network

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.

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

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.

LATHES FOR SALE

When a user enters his criteria, which could be simply dimensions, those lathes meeting the requirement are instantly listed. Findamachine searches the stock lists of over 1000 machine tool dealer and auctioneer sites all over the world daily to collect lathes currently for sale to match a user’s requirements.

Once a choice of lathes has been made, the user can click straight through to the dealer’s website for more information and direct contact.

Our data entry team is constantly adding to our database of turning machine specifications and company stock lists.

SPECIFICATIONS

When a user enters his criteria, which could be simply dimensions, those lathe specifications meeting the requirement are instantly listed. Findamachine searches the world’s largest database of over 4500 lathes to match a user’s requirements.

Once a choice of lathes has been made, the user can click straight through to the full specifications and manufacturer details for more information and direct contact.

Our data entry team is constantly adding to our database of lathe specifications and machine tool manufacturers.

HOW TO USE ?

Choose between ‘Specifications’ and ‘Lathes for Sale’

To browse all the specifications on the site, simply leave the form empty and press search. To stipulate any machine feature such as machine type, make, model or control make, tick the relevant box or scroll down the appropriate list box and highlight the value required. You may search on all fields. There are no required fields.

To highlight 2 or more values at the same time, hold down the Control button.

Dimensions, such as diameter or cutting length and other machine features, such a tool stations or spindles, can be specified using a minimum or maximum value or either one.
Be sure to eliminate as many unwanted machines from your search results as possible.

Once you have pressed Search, the site will remember your previous selection for easy modification.