Using breakdown schematics is often the best way for clients to find the products they need. Schematics let customers get a good look at each part of a tool or machine, and each tool parts page has a schematic for its tool.

As tools and machines become more complicated, their breakdown diagrams must include two or more pages in order to display all of their parts, and the parts lists for complicated tools can become very long.

Now customers can shorten those long parts lists using a tool's breakdown schematic. If a tool has more than one page in its breakdown diagram, just click on the breakdown page that has the part you need and the the tool's parts page will automatically refresh to display only the parts on that breakdown page.

For example, it takes a lot of machine parts to build something like a Briggs & Stratton generator, so most generators will have more than one breakdown page.

This Briggs & Stratton 5,000 Watt PowerBoss Portable Generator has four breakdown pages:

As can be seen above, Page A of this generator's parts page is currently selected and displayed, meaning that only the parts from Page A of the breakdown are listed in the parts list underneath the diagram (pictured below):

When you navigate to your tool's parts page, the page will default to show the first page of the breakdown schematic and its parts.

Clicking a different diagram page will put that page on display, and it will also refresh the parts list to only show parts that appear on the selected breakdown page (shown below).

In addition, each parts list includes two "Show All Parts" buttons at the top and bottom of the parts list. Obviously, clicking this button will display all parts for that tool or machine.

Whether it's a lawn tractor, generator, lawn mower, or snowblower, customers can now find parts even faster with this new search filtering feature from eReplacementParts.com

For example, if a customer searches "TW1000" in the Model Search field, the search will take the customer directly to the parts page for the Makita TW1000 Impact Wrench, the only tool with a matching model number.

Customers can also be taken to results pages that display more than one result for a couple of reasons.

• Sometimes different tools (even between different manufacturers) have the same model number.
• Sometimes customers only have part of their tool's model number or only some of the part number for the search.
  

Parts and tool models from many manufacturers can display in cases like these where more than one match, or many partial matches, are offered. Because of our expanding inventory, multi-result searches like these can sometimes display hundreds of matches that must be sorted.

We've recently added a new search filtering feature that helps customers quickly find the tool or part they're looking for when multiple results are displayed.

Now, customers can narrow their search further (by manufacturer) whenever more than one result displays for their tool model or part number search.

So if you're not able to get your tool's exact model number but happen to know part of it (or some similar situation), don't worry or hesitate for a second!

Just search with the part of the number you have, and then use the manufacturer dropdown list on the next page to narrow the search further.

In the case of a parts number search that produces more than one result, narrowing the search by manufacturer will make the page display only the parts that are compatible in tools from that manufacturer.

By continuing to streamline website features. we bring our customers the fastest, most accurate online tool and machine parts service possible.

Now it's even easier to find the replacement parts and information that need no matter where you are on the web, and even (if you use an iPhone) no matter where you are period.

Mozilla Firefox Integrated Search

Mozilla Firefox's integrated search makes it possible to search a website's database without first navigating to the website, and it comes as a standard feature of their web browsing software.

There are two ways you can add our website to your Firefox integrated search:

1. Click this link for an Installation Page

Once on the installation page, click the "eReplacementParts.com–Model Number" and "…Part Number" links in the middle of the page. This will automatically install each eReplacementParts.com search feature into your Firefox search bar.

2. You can add our search features to your Firefox search bar by navigating to our Home Page, and then installing them in the browser.

Once on our home page, click the drop-down tab on your integrated search bar in Firefox and add the search features by clicking them:

That's it! Now you can conduct tool and parts searches from any web page on the internet.

Just select the eReplacementParts.com search feature you wish to use in the search bar's drop-down menu, enter your tool's model number or part number, and press enter to view your tool's parts page.

Wait! Do you need to know where to download the Mozilla Firefox Web Browser? Well, this might be your lucky day. Firefox is free, update-able software that can be downloaded from this link:

Mozilla Firefox Download

Start taking advantage of this software's features, like its integrated search bar!

eReplacementParts iPhone Search Application

This new eReplacementParts search feature is for all those iPhone users out there.

Internet access isn't always available on the jobsite where most tools are going to run into trouble. Download our new iPhone search application, and you'll be able to view parts lists and tool breakdowns from anywhere to troubleshoot the problem.

Customers can even place parts orders right from their phones.

In addition, and among other things, our site's recent blog posts, contact information, and company location are viewable through the application.

iPhone owners can download this new application in two ways:

1. Click this link for an official iPhone Apps Download Page.

Once you're on the page, download and install the application as appropriate.

2. You can also download the new application through your iPhone. Just go to your iPhone's "App Store" in the phone's menu. Search "ereplacementparts" in the App Store, and the search tool download will appear.

Now you have the power of our tool and equipment parts database and streamlined ordering system at your disposal no matter where you are!

Use these new search tools to get the most out of eReplacementParts.com's industry-oriented services, and make us your professional parts warehouse.

Tool trade shows like the STAFDA convention (Specialty Tools and Fasteners Distributors Association) are the hottest front-line venues where tool and machine manufacturers show off their latest gadgets and newest improvements.

In the interest of appealing to money-saving durability, JET introduced a new line of "Unbreakable Handle" hammers this year.

With a well-known reputation for producing some of the toughest shop tools and equipment around, JET also meets these expectations in their line of hand tools by fully guaranteeing these hammers' tempered steel handles.

Makita also rattled the power tool industry this year by making one of its most specialized tool design features available in more models.

Many smaller Makita rotary hammer models now benefit from the manufacturer's unique sequential hit technology that was previously available only in larger hammers. With precisely timed bit rotation and piston striking, Makita sets a standard for fast, energy efficient drilling.

Some innovations by manufacturers have gotten really high tech this year too. One example is Bosch's eyebrow-raising advances in laser level technology.

Their new dual plane laser levels (like the one pictured above) lack the typical spinning laser heads that would normally rotate to make a horizontal plane of light. Instead, they simply shine the light at a specially shaped reflective cone that scatters it into a two dimensional plane without moving parts, drawing a sharp line of creativity for their competition.

We at eReplacementParts.com have also been busy this year meeting the needs of the growing replacement tool and machine parts industry. After all, an expanding power tool industry means more parts for those tools and machines.

2009 has come with the addition of parts from over 20 brand name manufacturers to our inventory, including Briggs and Stratton, MTD, Campbell Hausfeld, Bolens, and Murray.

eReplacementParts.com has also seen several innovations to the website this year, including discussion features, customer product reviews, repair questions, and the most user-friendly search features and service around.

The approaching New Year makes this season more than one of reflection on the past, because new resolutions and commitments to the future also come with the calendar change.

Our valued customers can look forward to the same eReplacementParts commitment to service this year as any year. Keep an eye out for more parts availability from more top-of-the-line manufacturers, more customer-minded website features, and more of the same quality parts replacement service keeping those tools in great shape from year…to year.

Recognizing the diversity of ways that people energetically celebrate and thoughtfully observe various traditions this time of year sometimes makes simple things, like conveying "season greetings," complicated. After all, it is difficult (if not impossible) to acknowledge such a wide range of cultures and backgrounds in a neatly-packaged, five-syllables-or-less salutation.

Even groups that share traditions of observing the same holiday practice their observance in drastically different ways world-wide, and are reinventing holiday traditions every year.

Indeed, the practice of custom-fitting traditions and social customs to spread the cheer around as far as it can go might itself be the new, overarching holiday trend.

So here we are, eReplacementParts.com, wanting to spread our holiday blog wishes in the face of so many considerations.

In the spirit of custom-fitting, holiday tradition "replacement" (had to be done), we've decided to risk disaster and try to make it our own too.

We initially thought a song would be pretty straight forward and easily negotiated. Like:

"On the fourth day [of my project], eReplacementParts shipped to me…

Four hole saw mandrels!

Three Ryobi saw blades!

Two Bolens string trimmer carburetor gaskets!

And a breaker circuit for my Briggs and Stratton 5,000 Watt PowerBoss Portable Generator!!!"

We couldn't quite get the rhymes right…

eReplacementParts.com's tradition, as a company, is specializing in replacement parts service for power tools and machines, so any attempt at starting a new holiday tradition on our part will have to reflect, in some way, what brings us together as a business.

After careful consideration, we've decided to debut the first ever eReplacementParts.com Power Tool and Machine Parts Holiday Tree, all trimmed up with today's featured manufacturers as click-able link ornaments in blog sensibility fashion.

It just might be the first electronic image map-linked power tools and machine holiday blog tree ever, but you never know.

Either way, please enjoy:

Whatever your holiday traditions, we extend our warmest season's greetings and best wishes.

-eReplacementParts.com

Like other tool and machine brand name powerhouses, the Campbell Hausfeld name is one that has earned industry respect and loyalty with a long history of professional performance and innovative design.

Starting way back in 1836 in Harrison, Ohio, the Campbell brothers partnered up around their blacksmithing operation and began producing wagons, cultivators, and other farming equipment. Their first big break came with the commercial-use launch of their patented corn drill in 1863, also marking a shift in the company towards the production of work tools.

The business grew and transformed over the following century and a half, including a merger with Joseph Hausfeld’s foundry company and accompanying name.

Today, Campbell Hausfeld manufactures a wide variety of tool and machine products crossing more than one industry. In the power tool and machine business, their products are engineered for both professionals and do-it-yourselfers.

Parts for Campbell Hausfeld air compressors, power nailers, pressure washers, pumps, and welder/generators are now available for ordering at eReplacementParts.com.

Sharing our customer-utility approach to their products and services, Campbell Hausfeld not only supplies the industry with great products, they also provide users with up-to-date product information, “how-to” instruction, and product reviews.

One such product is the Campbell Hausfeld PW3270 Gas Powered Pressure Washer. At 2.5 gallons per minute and 3200 psi, this industrial style pressure washer really can really cut through some dirt.

This product’s breakdown diagram and complete parts list can be viewed on its parts page, as with other the other Campbell and Hausfeld products we now offer. Also, eReplacementParts.com customers can be the first to review Campbell Hausfeld products on our site by accessing each parts page’s discussion feature.

In combination with expanding our inventory, we also work hard to provide customers with the “information tools” they need to keep their products in the best working order possible. Owners of Campbell Hausfeld pressure washers can benefit from our “Articles” section with articles like “How to Diagnose Pressure Washers,” for example.

eReplacementParts.com is excited to extend our parts replacement services and information resources to Campbell Hausfeld product owners, making it easier for customers to know what, when, and how to replace parts on their Campbell Hausfeld tools and machines.

eReplacementParts.com is pleased to announce that our new video, “Replacing Bad, Cut, or Damaged Power Cords” is now available on our YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/eReplacementParts

At present, we have 23 videos with topics ranging from, “How to Remove a Drill Chuck” to the brand and model specific video, “How to Change the Blade Clamp on the Milwaukee Sawzall.” In order to provide customers with the best information available, most of our videos have articles with written instructions that are easily accessible on our website at: http://www.ereplacementparts.com/power-tool-articles-c-8873.html

As we continue to grow, so will the amount of information that we have available through our blog, our website, and our YouTube Channel. We welcome your comments and suggestions! Please let us know if there is an educational  power tool video or article that you would like to see us produce.

Find the part or accessory you need on the diagram and its matching number on the parts list, enter the quantity that you want to have and add it to your Shopping Cart.

Once you are finished shopping, click on Proceed to Checkout. Here you will be able to create your eReplacementParts.com account. By creating an account at eReplacementparts.com, you will be able to shop faster, keep up to date on your order status, and keep track of the orders you have previously made.

Please remember, we are here to answer your questions! You may send us an email 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at info@ereplacementparts.com.

]]> http://www.ereplacementparts.com/blog/2009/05/how-to-place-your-order.html/feed 0 http://www.ereplacementparts.com/blog/2009/05/tool-and-equipment-categories.html http://www.ereplacementparts.com/blog/2009/05/tool-and-equipment-categories.html#comments Mon, 18 May 2009 16:05:27 +0000 Lisa http://www.ereplacementparts.com/blog/?p=253 Our latest web site addition is the area we call Tool and Equipment Categories. Our Tool and Equipment Categories page provides alphabetized descriptions of the tools we carry parts for. Have you ever wondered what a bench grinder is or what a nibbler is capable of? Check out our Tool and Equipment Categories page, click on the category description, and you will find your answers.

Once you find your tool’s category, click on it. In the box located above the category, enter the model number of your tool. From here, our site will take you to the parts and accessories available for your particular tool.

We hope you enjoy this addition and we welcome your comments and suggesstions.

We currently offer parts for lawn mowers manufactured by Poulan, MTD, Murray, Homelite, and Weed Eater.  This is a great initial selection of parts but many more brands will follow.  As an online parts supplier we want to offer our customers a comprehensive selection of parts for their lawn mowers.  Our parts offerings will include both lawn tractor (riding) mowers and walk-behind mowers.

We hope to keep customer’s lawn mowers running well into the future by being the one stop shopping location for every mower part and accessory.  Mowing blades, filters, collection bags, and much more will be available on every compatible lawn mower.  In addition to these common parts, and to be consistent with the other parts listings on eReplacementParts.com, we will also offer every available replacement parts for every lawn mower on the website.  From cylinder rings to specific screws and bolts, every part will be findable and purchasable online.