DREMEL available locally

ecthelion · Post by **ecthelion** » 27 Aug 2007, 15:10

i figured i would let you guys know that u can get an original dremel here in SA ... from builder's warehouse ... i saw it in their ad thing u get in the news paper

it was R399 i think ... there was also alot of accessories too

Post by **maxxis** » 27 Aug 2007, 15:15

Its been around for more than a year now

Good to know its from Builders at R399. Used to be quite expensive.

ecthelion · Post by **ecthelion** » 27 Aug 2007, 15:32

maxxis wrote:Its been around for more than a year now

Good to know its from Builders at R399. Used to be quite expensive.

ROFL ... oops!

geez, now how come no1 told be that wen i askd where i can get a dremel from

Post by **Stuart** » 27 Aug 2007, 15:38

ecthelion wrote:
maxxis wrote:Its been around for more than a year now

Good to know its from Builders at R399. Used to be quite expensive.
ROFL ... oops!

geez, now how come no1 told be that wen i askd where i can get a dremel from

We were all waiting for you to figure out that Builder's Warehouse stocks such things. To be honest, you took a little longer than we expected.

Post by **maxxis** » 27 Aug 2007, 15:38

It wasn't really the most financially viable option. They used to be quite expensive.

WiK1d · Post by **WiK1d** » 27 Aug 2007, 15:41

When I checked about 6 months ago an Original Dremel was just shy of R900, that's why I never recommended it

ecthelion · Post by **ecthelion** » 27 Aug 2007, 15:43

schase wrote:
ecthelion wrote:
maxxis wrote:Its been around for more than a year now

Good to know its from Builders at R399. Used to be quite expensive.
ROFL ... oops!

geez, now how come no1 told be that wen i askd where i can get a dremel from
We were all waiting for you to figure out that Builder's Warehouse stocks such things. To be honest, you took a little longer than we expected.

gee thanx!

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 27 Aug 2007, 16:54

R399?! Serious!?

RobThePyro · Post by **RobThePyro** » 27 Aug 2007, 17:15

lol... i remember when they were ~R2000

jcd · Post by **jcd** » 27 Aug 2007, 17:16

I am still trying to figure out what a Dremil is.

jcd · Post by **jcd** » 27 Aug 2007, 17:19

Is a dremil something like this?

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 27 Aug 2007, 17:19

Yeah Dremel's have been costing around a thousand bucks in SA since i can remember. Wow, 400 bucks? Sheesh...

EDIT: Yes jcd, that's a dremel.

jcd · Post by **jcd** » 27 Aug 2007, 17:22

thanx DAE.
I thought it was like a little hand drill, but when I saw you guys saying that R400 is cheap I knew I was wrong.

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 27 Aug 2007, 17:40

Well, in all essence it is a hand drill. But it can do more than drill

jcd · Post by **jcd** » 27 Aug 2007, 17:44

I would prefer a dremel to something I have to turn with my hand to get a hole drilled. It looks quite handy. Maybe I will fork out R400 and go buy me one

badguy · Post by **badguy** » 27 Aug 2007, 20:52

jcd wrote:Is a dremil something like this?

That is a nice little gadget

lancelot · Post by **lancelot** » 28 Aug 2007, 08:54

That Dremel shown above is indeed a fine unit, but R399?, I wish! I have that one at R1600.00 plus a Router and saw attachment. The whole kit has probably put me back by about three grand by now.

I use it for wood working.

BTW, I am told, still to be confirmed, that Bosch have bought Dremel, if this is the case we can kiss it goodbye.

Screeper · Post by **Screeper** » 28 Aug 2007, 10:04

I can confirm that Lancelot, Dremel is now wholly owned by the Robert Bosch Tool Corporation.

Off-The-Chart · Post by **Off-The-Chart** » 28 Aug 2007, 10:46

yeah Lance, same here... paid a hefty R1600 for my Original Dremel as well quite a while back... then I still bought the extension which was almost as much as the Dremel itself...

lancelot · Post by **lancelot** » 28 Aug 2007, 11:34

Off-The-Chart wrote:yeah Lance, same here... paid a hefty R1600 for my Original Dremel as well quite a while back... then I still bought the extension which was almost as much as the Dremel itself...

That is so true, the bits and pieces, routers, sanders, special bits, mandrels and so on cost a fortune. The router tool that I bought was like 1300 Rand!

Thanks Screeper for the confirmation, we will have to wait and see what Bosch does with it!

flabby · Post by **flabby** » 01 Sep 2007, 22:52

I have seen Ryobi's polishing tool @ that price at builders, are you sure it's the real mccoy?

I34z1k · Post by **I34z1k** » 01 Sep 2007, 23:00

Don't let Djv see that