Searching "common" or "small" words? How to fix?

[Jeff Mohr]

Hi,

I'm fairly new to this forum and I'm trying gather information before I post an annoying thread that has been answered a million times.

HOWEVER, when I seach small words or common words the search engine does not work. For example, I'm trying to search for suggestions on making a box for pens or for other stuff related to pen turning etc but the system will not let me search. One of my recent searches for "pen box" was denied because it was either too short or too common. I tried "making a pen box" and it gave me all the hits for the word "making".....not much of a help.

Is there any way to search a little easier or do I resort to making a post about a topic that has been covered a bazillion times....just one I can't find by searching!

Thanks for any info!
-Jeff

[Doug Shepard]

The built-in search wont work with terms 3 characters or less. Best fix for that is to click on the Google Search option which often yields better searches anyway even on the terms the built-in one does accept.

[Jeff Mohr]

Thanks a ton! That really helped!