purchasing bits though Lowe's

[aokweld101]

I ordered 4 bits from Lowe's 2 carving and 2 cutting bits saved $10.00 on each bit and $12.00 on shipping so I saved $52.00 and ordered them on April 7th they said It would be delivered by the 23rd of this month I recieved the carving bits on the 16th and I'm still waiting on the cutting bits and it's the 25th it seems the savings on the bits don't out weigh the wait not when you think about it and can't do any carving without bits.....grrrr

[liblakelady]

I ordered 4 bits from Lowe's 2 carving and 2 cutting bits saved $10.00 on each bit and $12.00 on shipping so I saved $52.00 and ordered them on April 7th they said It would be delivered by the 23rd of this month I recieved the carving bits on the 16th and I'm still waiting on the cutting bits and it's the 25th it seems the savings on the bits don't out weigh the wait not when you think about it and can't do any carving without bits.....grrrr

I ordered bits thru lowes and they came within a week.

[lynnfrwd]

That just doesn't sound right. I'll check on it for you. Not out of bits and adapters would not be in question.


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[lynnfrwd]

Aok:

Your order from Lowes on April 4th was ONLY for two carving bits. You might check with Lowes.

Connie

[aokweld101]

thanks lynnfrwd, I'm calling Lowe's at 12:30 today to find out whats going on with the bits, this isn't the first time I've had problems with Lowe's.

[aokweld101]

I'm so done with Lowe's it might cost more going through LHR but I get them in a timely manor instead of a month and half.
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[diverdill]

New here. I have a few questions about these bits. I have the old A machine. I went to local sears, they had never heard of carvewright. So no help there. I know nothing!!! So keep in mind when talking with me. Worse Iam female so don't go all techy. Yes I've been reading. What is obvious to you is greek to me. The bits I have are quickchange. I was going to up grade to the spindle. I understand that I need A907 change to do that but you are buying bits at Lowes? Does that mean I can use bits from sears? Will the adapters I see they sell work on any bit?(LHR) I thought you could only use their bits (LHR) I dont have a warranty so I don't care about that. Should I bother with carve tight change? I was all ready to order but then the bits are no good and I have to buy more from LHR> Somebody help!!!P.S. yes i tried start u nobody in my area.

[dbfletcher]

Lets get some simple questions out of the way first..

Do you currently have bits.. or at least the 1/16 carving bit and the 1/8 straight bit with QC adapters one them?
If yes to above, can you take pictures of the QC adapters and post them here? We would want to see if there are BB dents in the QC adapters... if they are fine and you are not having trouble with the QC, you dont need to upgrade right away.

If you dont have any bits, or the QC's are damaged, then it might make more sense to do the upgrade to the carvetight or a rock chuck now.

The most important this is you dont rush thru things seeing you are new and you have an older machine. Everyone here will be with you every step of the way and will try very hard to make sure you are successful with this machine. It can be incredible frustrating at times, but as you start to understand how everything fits together, you'll be amazed at the things you are able to accomplish. It also seems that many (most?) of the A machines tend to have very distinct "personalities". As you get to know your machine better and learn and understand its own little idiosyncrasies, you'll develop little tricks to dealing with them and it will quickly become second nature.

[diverdill]

ok i thought they were all carving bits. I did a sign with the one in machine that i believe is 3/8. It cut a lot faster than what the stated time from the software program. Can u slow it down? Also it was pretty rough, needed alot of sanding. I have a foredom so I sanded away but ugh.....I used a piece of maple. I need to carve a sign out of teak. So any direction of bit to use and how to slow this sucker down would be great. I was trying to order oil for flex shaft on site and I can't find the stuff. the staff is out to lunch so i am sitting here waiting. Anybody want to tell me what to have on hand for maintenance would be great help. I hate to wait for days for something i should of had on shelf. Also any thoughts on new design ware they are selling? I mostly want to carve display boxes for artifacts. I want to carve arrowheads, arrows, etc. around trim and in background larger pictures. If somebody writes programs give me a shout. I had a hard time navigating the free pattern site on here. 3,000 patterns but finding what u want was hard. I know i talk to much but I keep thinking of what I need to ask. lol A dictionary worth. I am so excited. I want to get started!!!!

[dbfletcher]

In general, for carving you will ONLY want to use the 1/16 carving bit (right most one in your picture). v-bits are commonly used for centerline text carving or vector carving. I would remove whatever bit is in your machine currently and take a pic to upload so we can help you identify it.