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DREMEL available locally

Posted: 27 Aug 2007, 15:10
by ecthelion
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 :wink: it was R399 i think ... there was also alot of accessories too

Posted: 27 Aug 2007, 15:15
by maxxis
Its been around for more than a year now :lol:

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

Posted: 27 Aug 2007, 15:32
by ecthelion
maxxis wrote:Its been around for more than a year now :lol:

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

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

Posted: 27 Aug 2007, 15:38
by Stuart
ecthelion wrote:
maxxis wrote:Its been around for more than a year now :lol:

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

Posted: 27 Aug 2007, 15:38
by maxxis
It wasn't really the most financially viable option. They used to be quite expensive.

Posted: 27 Aug 2007, 15:41
by WiK1d
When I checked about 6 months ago an Original Dremel was just shy of R900, that's why I never recommended it :)

Posted: 27 Aug 2007, 15:43
by ecthelion
schase wrote:
ecthelion wrote:
maxxis wrote:Its been around for more than a year now :lol:

Good to know its from Builders at R399. Used to be quite expensive.
ROFL ... oops! :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. :D
gee thanx! :lol: :P

Posted: 27 Aug 2007, 16:54
by DAE_JA_VOO
R399?! Serious!?

Posted: 27 Aug 2007, 17:15
by RobThePyro
lol... i remember when they were ~R2000

Posted: 27 Aug 2007, 17:16
by jcd
I am still trying to figure out what a Dremil is.

Posted: 27 Aug 2007, 17:19
by jcd
Is a dremil something like this?

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Posted: 27 Aug 2007, 17:19
by DAE_JA_VOO
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.

Posted: 27 Aug 2007, 17:22
by jcd
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.

Posted: 27 Aug 2007, 17:40
by DAE_JA_VOO
Well, in all essence it is a hand drill. But it can do more than drill ;)

Posted: 27 Aug 2007, 17:44
by jcd
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

Posted: 27 Aug 2007, 20:52
by badguy
jcd wrote:Is a dremil something like this?

Image
That is a nice little gadget 8)

Posted: 28 Aug 2007, 08:54
by lancelot
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.

Posted: 28 Aug 2007, 10:04
by Screeper
I can confirm that Lancelot, Dremel is now wholly owned by the Robert Bosch Tool Corporation.

Posted: 28 Aug 2007, 10:46
by Off-The-Chart
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...

Posted: 28 Aug 2007, 11:34
by lancelot
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!

Posted: 01 Sep 2007, 22:52
by flabby
I have seen Ryobi's polishing tool @ that price at builders, are you sure it's the real mccoy?

Posted: 01 Sep 2007, 23:00
by I34z1k
Don't let Djv see that :|