How exactly does the search function worK?

[227]

I'm looking for that Mc Master Carr thread with all the parts numbers that are relevant to stuff we use on our skis. I'm looking specifically for the nut with a screw in it that holds the steering plate down. When I typed in "Official McMaster Carr parts list" on the advanced section, I just get a bunch of irrelevant threads.

 

[jakew4]

John, here it is:

http://www.x-h2o.com/threads/31581-...Carr-Part-Number-List&highlight=mcmaster+carr

More importantly, I really don't know how the search works on here as well... I think I remember that there are certain symbols you can put in your search to narrow down the results. Not sure on that though. I'm remembering bits and pieces from my high school computer class, and that was a while ago.

 

[munki63]

on the same note, there is a thread with a ski running from the cops on a lake i cant seem to find again, anybody know this one?

 

[227]

Thanks Jake, I found it on McmAsters site in like 3 seconds
http://www.mcmaster.com/#3014k15/=76ss0a

 

[Dustin Mustangs]

For something like that where you remember part or all of the title of the thread, make sure to tell it to only search titles. Also, if you put what you remember in quotes, it will search for all of the words used together, not just all of them individually. The caveat with this is that your search term can get too long for it to process. For example, "the official mcmaster carr parts list" returns an error because, with the quotes making it all one 'term', it is too long. If you put it "the official mcmaster" it makes it short enough to work but long enough that what you want ends up on the first page. Sometimes searching is a hit or miss type deal where it takes a couple of stabs to get it right.

 

[Dustin Mustangs]

Oh, and you can also use * as a wild card. For example, searching for freerid* would return results for freeride, freerider, freeriding, and freerides.

 

[jakew4]

Oh, and you can also use * as a wild card. For example, searching for freerid* would return results for freeride, freerider, freeriding, and freerides.

Now that's niffty!!!

 

[GIL]

I am going to say it since nobody else has..... just search 'search function'.........

 

[227]

Before I started this thread, I actually searched four different ways, "Mc Master Carr", "McMaster Carr", "Mc Master Car" and "McMaster Car" in the title only line, all individually and everytime I got a ton of thread results, none of which had the words Mc Master Carr in any of them. I was just wondering if I was doing it wrong or if the search function still has a glich in it from the new site changes. Anyway thanks for the tips guys.

 

[gc4]

Sometimes I feel like it is a bit glitchy, I always get a bunch of random threads when I search for something.

 

[SuperJETT]

I'm not sure what you did, but I just did a search for mcmaster in titles only and got all good results. The sorting is off but they all had mcmaster in the title.

BTW, the Tech FAQ has the thread in question as a sticky. http://www.x-h2o.com/threads/2776-Reference-Library-replacement-part-numbers

 

[227]

I'm not sure what you did, but I just did a search for mcmaster in titles only and got all good results. The sorting is off but they all had mcmaster in the title.

BTW, the Tech FAQ has the thread in question as a sticky. http://www.x-h2o.com/threads/2776-Reference-Library-replacement-part-numbers

Thanks SJ. BTW Is that Batman killing Jaws with a Light Saber in your Avatar?