Lowes & Carvewright

[turtleman1982]

Hey everyone, if you haven't heard, Lowes is now starting to carry the Carvewright machine!!! I'm not so excited about the machine (seeing as I already have one), but I'm hoping they will have the accessories in the store. Does anyone know of any details yet? Also, do you think it might be possible to get Lowes to order parts for it? If I remember correctly, Lowes doesn't charge for shipping when you have something special ordered. That would be nice.

Check it out. (http://www.carvewright.com/lowes/index.htm?jmid=11379&j=196080839)

[MCGEE2SKINNER]

I stopped at 2 Lowes stores. Thay did not know a thing about Carvewright.

[Bubbabear]

Dalton Ga store manager or dept manager had no clue what it was when I mentioned it. Guess the will get the memo after the holiday season is long gone :p

[Amonaug]

Apperntly none of the Lowe's power tools people have any knowledge of this and they won't be carrying the CW in the store. It's only special order.

This is from an e-mail I got

"CARVEWRIGHT NOW AVAILABLE AT LOWES!
STORE DEMONSTRATIONS THIS WEEKEND

Beginning this weekend in Pennsylvania, LHR Technologies will be demonstrating their woodcarving system in Lowe's stores throughout the continental United States. CarveWright representatives will be available in over 70 Lowe's store locations between now and the end of January giving customers a close up preview of just how easy it is for anyone to create beautiful woodcarvings.

See detailed listing of upcoming demonstrations at www.carvewright.com/lowes <http://www.carvewright.com/lowes> .

Lowe's will carry The CarveWright Woodworking System as a special order item in all stores. It will also be available on the Lowe's website at www.lowes.com <http://www.lowes.com> .

Check out the demonstration schedule below for November. We'll be demonstrating in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Upstate New York, and Vermont.

Sat., Nov.1 9 am Lowe's 1010 100 Commons Drive, Dubois, PA 15801 (814) 372-8640
Sat., Nov. 1 2 pm Lowe's 2355 104 Valley Vista Drive, State College, PA 16803 (814) 321-9130
Sun., Nov. 2 9 am Lowe's 446 1707 McMahon Rd., Altoona, PA 16602 (814) 941-6000
Sun., Nov. 2 2 pm Lowe's 175 630 Solomon Run Rd., Johnstown, PA 15904 (814) 535-1212
Sat., Nov. 8 9 am Lowe's 1805 40 Clarksburg Rd., Buckhannon, WV 26201 (304) 878-1000
Sat., Nov. 8 2 pm Lowe's 1641 494 Emily Drive, Clarksburg, WV 26301 (304) 624-7071
Sun., Nov. 9 9 am Lowe's 1671 9595 Mall Road, Morgantown, WV 26501 (304) 983-3100
Sun., Nov. 9 2 pm Lowe's 567 901 Venture Dr., Morgantown, WV 26508 (304) 296-4658
Sat., Nov. 15 9 am Lowe's 1581 900 Five Mile Line Rd., Webster, NY 14580 (585) 787-7900
Sat., Nov. 15 2 pm Lowe's 2668 1605 Macedon Parkway, Macedon, NY 14502 (315) 903-9962
Sun., Nov. 16 9 am Lowe's 1817 4200 Recreation Dr., Canadaigua, NY 14424 (585) 919-3300
Sun., Nov. 16 2 pm Lowe's 645 2350 Market Place Dr., Rochester, NY 14632 (585) 424-1340
Sat., Nov. 22 9 am Lowe's 1195 39 Centre Dr., Plattsburgh, NY 12901 (518) 561-6517
Sat., Nov. 22 2 pm Lowe's 1913 189 Hannaford Dr., South Burlington, VT (802) 318-9052
Sun., Nov. 23 9 am Lowe's 641 251 Quaker Rd., Queensbury, NY 12804 (518) 798-9050
Sun., Nov. 23 2 pm Lowe's 560 10 Lowe's Dr., Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 (518) 583-3777

For more information regarding LHR Technologies or CarveWright Woodworking System, please contact 713-473-6545 or visit the website at www.carvewright.com <http://www.carvewright.com> . Canadian inquiries should call 1-888-874 8661 or visit their future website at http://www.carvewright.ca <http://www.carvewright.ca> ."

[Don Butler]

CarveWright was also supposed to be at Ace Hardware.

Call one and see what they say!

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[mtylerfl]

Although I'm not certain of the details, I believe the CarveWright is being released only to select stores (in stages) so it's not suprising that some stores are not aware of the machine yet.

As an example, I ordered both my machines from our local Sears store. When I ordered my first machine, it was immediately after seeing the Sears "infommercial" on TV the night before. When I went into the Sears store the next day to place my order, they had no clue what I was talking about. I had them do a product search on their computer, they found it, ordered it for me, and I had it in my hands in three days.

A few months later, I went in to order another machine. This time the salesperson knew what I was talking about, but they still did not have a machine on display or in stock in the store itself. Again, I placed the order and it arrived in three days.

I'm thinking it is the same scenerio for some of the Ace stores, the WoodCraft stores and maybe even Lowes for the time being.

[Amonaug]

The associate I talked to in power tools did a search in their computer system and came up empty. Then he called someone higher up and again empty.

So even though it may be available it hasn't trickled down the information line enough yet. And it seems their product database needs to be updated because if he couldn't find it in the computer how could he special order one?

[mtylerfl]

If it's not in the computer, he probably can't order one. I would have asked the associate to make a phone call to corporate headquarters while I was there, to make sure they were alerted to the problem.