HAMMER DROP - Dremel Rotary Drill $44.00

[ghettogal]

hmmm...checked the search and nothing came up for this morning's hammer drop...u guys detest hammer drops this much?? :lol:

Anyways, here's the deal

Dremel
MultiPro High Speed Rotary Tool Kit
MSRP $99.00
HAMMER DROP PRICE
$44.00

Is that a good price?? My dad was looking for this and missed out on the last rotary tool kit. And he's not a fan of the cheaper ones you guys were talking about that goes on sale for 10 bux.

[rabblerouser]

Yeah that's a pretty good price, and a good model.

I would not buy the new dremel they came out with. It's crap compared to this one

[Bazooka Joe]

This is a great model. I bought a used one 5 years ago off of ebay, and after 5 years of punishment it just this last weekend it gave out on me. Definitely a solid unit, I just ordered one.

[atLANtic]

https://www.homedepot.ca/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/HammerDropView?langId=-15&krypto=oTJa5EwIaYnwBXs42YJAe%2F61ZihlDu5w8Qj04zczY EtWQAU7x8BD5N4htPFd9Gp64SayyWwASYKG%0D%0A8VJQiFW%2 Fog%3D%3D

[Exhibit]

Ordered mine :)

[BinaryJay]

Damnit... I have no money but I ordered one anyway. I've always wanted a Dremel and I could never fool myself into settling for a Mastercraft.

[sparkplug]

This is a great model. I bought a used one 5 years ago off of ebay, and after 5 years of punishment it just this last weekend it gave out on me. Definitely a solid unit, I just ordered one.

Impeccable timing! It comes with a 5-year warranty.

[sannin]

I'm tempted in getting this but what do we actually use this for? I mean, I heard, this would be handy if your doing various mods i.e, to your computer case etc...but any other things?

[mlc2000]

If this thing is anywhere near as handy as the Dremel Contour Sander I just bought, I'll be a happy man.

Thanks OP.

Nice buy.

[Melmo]

I pulled the trigger on this one - been thinking about getting a dremel for awhile, at this price, why buy imitators?

[deep]

https://www.homedepot.ca/wcsstore/HomeDepotCanada/images/catalog/ab57bd85-34cd-4b73-a508-8ba19064baec_4.jpg

Wish it had the flex shaft. As it is, I like the JobMate for $14 better.

[jackass_ca]

Yeah, the Mastercraft kit, also comes with the flex shaft which is essential if you're doing detailed and intricate work

[Bazooka Joe]

Impeccable timing! It comes with a 5-year warranty.
It was used to begin with, at least a year I'd guess, maybe more though.

I'm tempted in getting this but what do we actually use this for? I mean, I heard, this would be handy if your doing various mods i.e, to your computer case etc...but any other things?
I originally bought one for a case mod, but have since appreciated having it many times.

Things I've used it for: taking fused pieces of a headgasket off an engine, taking rust off of all kinds of things, precision small hole drilling (in this case making a pepsican stove for hiking - the flexible attachment really helps), cutting a small notch out of a baseboard without having to take the whole thing off, sharpening lawnmower blades, polishing metal pieces, a fair bit of grinding too but specific examples elude me at the moment.

Keep lots of cutoff discs (the heavy duty ones, the light ones break too easily) and grinding/sanding attachments around, and you wouldn't believe the uses you come up with for these things.

Edit: I own the mastercraft unit too with the flex shaft, I leave it on my bench and use the dremel as a portable unit. I prefer the dremel though by a wide margin because the bits are so much easier to change.

[ghettogal]

Is shipping free?

[BinaryJay]

Leave the delicate work and playing with shafts to the women. :P

Yeah, the Mastercraft kit, also comes with the flex shaft which is essential if you're doing detailed and intricate work

[sannin]

Is shipping free?

I believe there is a 6.92$ charge if you wanna ship it to Ontario.

[ghettogal]

I believe there is a 6.92$ charge if you wanna ship it to Ontario.

and that still makes it a good deal?

[sannin]

I am not sure now if by including a shipping charge, this unit is worth the price. Plus, I also talked to the CSR and if you need to return the item(you didn't like it or if it was a gift and the person doesn't like it either), there will be a shipping charge (from you!) unless it is a manufacturing defect.

So anyone else think this is a good deal?

[mlc2000]

Leave the delicate work and playing with shafts to the women. :P
and B40 :razz:

[BinaryJay]

Considering it's pretty easy to know what to expect as far as what you're getting with this thing the chances of "not liking it" are pretty slim. It's a dremel, it spins, and it spins good. The product is a proven model. It's less than $7 additional, half of the shipping cost you're saving in tax alone vs. buying it from the B&M. I'm sure you can find it cheaper than $99 at a B&M sometimes... but probably not $44. With taxes, and shipping, it all still came out to less than $60... I think that's fine.

I am not sure now if by including a shipping charge, this unit is worth the price. Plus, I also talked to the CSR and if you need to return the item(you didn't like it or if it was a gift and the person doesn't like it either), there will be a shipping charge (from you!) unless it is a manufacturing defect.

So anyone else think this is a good deal?

[426Hemi]

I think this is a great deal - dremel tools are so versitile! I just ordered it :lol:

[jackass_ca]

Point being, Dremel is merely a brand name, of a small rotary tool. They may have well been the first, but the other's quality is very comparable. Dremel accessories, cost more than twice that of others, for instance different tips, connectors etc. Who would ever pay $100 for this thing? I have the powerfist one, and the craftsman. I would have bought the Mastercraft 150 piece kit for $49.99 when it went on sale, other than I already own 2, and don't need a third. I used the Powerfist to cut through diamond plate this weekend, flawlessly! And that one only cost me $10 at Princess Auto, with the flex shaft, plus the mounting bracket to hold the tool while using the shaft.

I have had my Craftsman for 6 years now, and it is flawless as well, and it cost less than $50 in store, when all the others were double during the big push.

What bugs me about Dremel is their marketing. At Hallowe'en, they have an orange tool for "carving pumpkins", in the summer, they just released the smaller unit for "cleaning golf clubs"... They all do the same thing, and the tips, are pretty much interchangeable. The small brass brush tip that comes with every unit is no different than the "club cleaner", and the rotary saw blade, is no different than the "pumpkin blade".

[almostfreeman]

why does my firewall say that my browser wants to connect to the home depot site just by clicking on this thread?

[jackass_ca]

why does my firewall say that my browser wants to connect to the home depot site just by clicking on this thread?
New virus HD installed to increase traffic to their site... Just go with the flow man, just go with the flow! :twisted:

[Sih]

why does my firewall say that my browser wants to connect to the home depot site just by clicking on this thread?

I'm guessing it's because someone posted a picture linked to homedepot.ca? ;)

[sannin]

Well I just ordered it as well. I was comparing prices and they have one at amazon as well for 69$ (us plus shipping) so this looks to be a good deal. I can finally sharpen my knives at home! :D

[kmltick]

If this thing is anywhere near as handy as the Dremel Contour Sander I just bought, I'll be a happy man.

Thanks OP.

Nice buy.

So what would be better to use to sand say... the spindles on the stairs? =)

contour sander or a rotary tool?

[corolla]

I ordered mine. Still available after a long day. :)

[markjia]

Point being, Dremel is merely a brand name, of a small rotary tool. They may have well been the first, but the other's quality is very comparable. Dremel accessories, cost more than twice that of others, for instance different tips, connectors etc. Who would ever pay $100 for this thing? I have the powerfist one, and the craftsman. I would have bought the Mastercraft 150 piece kit for $49.99 when it went on sale, other than I already own 2, and don't need a third. I used the Powerfist to cut through diamond plate this weekend, flawlessly! And that one only cost me $10 at Princess Auto, with the flex shaft, plus the mounting bracket to hold the tool while using the shaft.

I have had my Craftsman for 6 years now, and it is flawless as well, and it cost less than $50 in store, when all the others were double during the big push.

What bugs me about Dremel is their marketing. At Hallowe'en, they have an orange tool for "carving pumpkins", in the summer, they just released the smaller unit for "cleaning golf clubs"... They all do the same thing, and the tips, are pretty much interchangeable. The small brass brush tip that comes with every unit is no different than the "club cleaner", and the rotary saw blade, is no different than the "pumpkin blade".
If i recall correctly, the craftsman is a dremel. It's just rebranded.

[SnowCrash]

I still think its a hot deal, the dremel name and warrenty is worth paying the few bucks extra over a mastercraft or whichever else. Ive wanted a dremel for ages, ordered! Thanks op.

[Pipes]

wonderful. i missed this by 25 minutes. anyone order one they dont want?

[sannin]

So did anyone get their order yet?

[corolla]

I am still waiting... $7 for next 10 days shipping.

[Danno2005]

Got mine via Purolator 2 days after placing the order. Works great - used it for my kid's bridge building project, cutting a fairly substantial piece of steel that I couldn't quite get at with a hacksaw and sanding down some boards while building my deck.

Very happy with it....

[JumpinBug]

Still waiting here in BC.

[BinaryJay]

I changed my mind about the order the same day I placed it, I called homedepot.ca and cancelled my order. They said "ok your order is cancelled", I thought fine.

Fast forward quite a while, I get into the office today and look what's on my desk... a homedepot.ca box with a dremel inside of it?

I check my credit card statement online, nothing there ... what the heck happened here. I wonder if somehow this thing slipped through the cracks. Chances are I'll probably see the charge appear at some undetermined time in the future, though.

They make it a pain in the ass to return, and I'd have to fight them to get the shipping fee back (I wouldn't expect to pay it since I cancelled my order...) so at this point I'm inclined to just keep it... and hope I don't pay for it. :)

[h00ch]

I changed my mind about the order the same day I placed it, I called homedepot.ca and cancelled my order. They said "ok your order is cancelled", I thought fine.

Fast forward quite a while, I get into the office today and look what's on my desk... a homedepot.ca box with a dremel inside of it?

I check my credit card statement online, nothing there ... what the heck happened here. I wonder if somehow this thing slipped through the cracks. Chances are I'll probably see the charge appear at some undetermined time in the future, though.

They make it a pain in the ass to return, and I'd have to fight them to get the shipping fee back (I wouldn't expect to pay it since I cancelled my order...) so at this point I'm inclined to just keep it... and hope I don't pay for it. :)

If this was a mistake by a local, family-run hardware store, then I'd say yes, return it. But since it's from a billion $ corporation and you didn't try scamming them or anything, I'd say keep it! Even if you end up getting it for free, they will miss this sale by about as much as a mom & pop shop would miss a copper flake from a penny in the leave-a-penny-take-a-penny tray! :D Good luck!

[S_G]

If this was a mistake by a local, family-run hardware store, then I'd say yes, return it. But since it's from a billion $ corporation and you didn't try scamming them or anything, I'd say keep it! Even if you end up getting it for free, they will miss this sale by about as much as a mom & pop shop would miss a copper flake from a penny in the leave-a-penny-take-a-penny tray! :D Good luck!
An almost-ninety-billion-dollar corporation, actually. But if you believe in the Book of Earl (aka the Book of Carson Daly), Karma will bite you in the ass. :D

[sannin]

before karma bites you in the ass, enjoy the dremel for now!! :twisted:

[synmag]

I picked this box up at a specialty HW store for $136 last year. It's a steal for $44. If I saw the thread I would have picked one up for my Dad.

Extremely usefull tool. Only problem I have (don't know if it's a serious problem) is that I find it heats up fast. When I was cutting a piece out of a steel stereo rack in my car I took several breaks to let it cool. Used it many times since.

[JumpinBug]

Bugger, people who don't want it are getting theirs before I get mine. I still haven't even gotten a Puro code yet. Not very impressed with the speed of Home Depot's service thus far.

If anyone wants a crappy model to destroy, Zeller's has one as their door crasher on Saturday - $15.

[BinaryJay]

I got the purolator code stating my order was shipped the same morning I found it on my desk... I dunno what to make of this mysterious package, or how I ended up getting it before people that didn't CANCEL their orders. :P

Bugger, people who don't want it are getting theirs before I get mine. I still haven't even gotten a Puro code yet. Not very impressed with the speed of Home Depot's service thus far.

If anyone wants a crappy model to destroy, Zeller's has one as their door crasher on Saturday - $15.

[mlc2000]

got mine yesterday.
sweet.

now...wtf do i do with this thing? :confused:

[h00ch]

got mine yesterday.
sweet.

now...wtf do i do with this thing? :confused:

Here's a couple of places to start...

http://au.dremel.com/html/started/started.html
http://www.dremel.com/en-US/projects-and-community/

[packet1]

CT is having jobmate rotary tool for 9.99 on this week flyer. anybody knows how does it compare with this "dremel" one? what are the major difference (functional or quality wise)?

[h00ch]

CT is having jobmate rotary tool for 9.99 on this week flyer. anybody knows how does it compare with this "dremel" one? what are the major difference (functional or quality wise)?

If you plan on using the tool only once, then the Jobmate should be fine :D

[426Hemi]

Got the puro code and picked up the package yesterday.

[mlc2000]

Here's a couple of places to start...

http://au.dremel.com/html/started/started.html
http://www.dremel.com/en-US/projects-and-community/

Thanks !!

[Captain Toonces]

wonderful. i missed this by 25 minutes. anyone order one they dont want?

BUMP -> This deal is on again today while supplies last...

[Bazooka Joe]

I picked this box up at a specialty HW store for $136 last year. It's a steal for $44. If I saw the thread I would have picked one up for my Dad.

Extremely usefull tool. Only problem I have (don't know if it's a serious problem) is that I find it heats up fast. When I was cutting a piece out of a steel stereo rack in my car I took several breaks to let it cool. Used it many times since.

If you put a pair of thick leather gloves on you don't have to keep cooling it down :lol: You do go through the discs fast though (Make sure to wear safety glasses!)

Like I said before, I was not easy on this thing and it still lasted me 5 years. Had mine delivered on Friday from the last time this was on.

[Goomph]

I had missed it the first time around, grabbed one now, thanks folks ....

[Pipes]

BUMP -> This deal is on again today while supplies last...

Thanks for the heads-up :)

[sannin]

Got mine as well. Pretty nice and sturdy. Kinda funny but they have a Powermate model very similar to this that CT is selling for $9.99 ;)

[sparkplug]

Is the five year warranty work done in store at Home Depot even though it's ordered online? It's contradicting because if you want to return it, the stores have nothing to do with homedepot.ca online sales.

[superdave]

How does the dremmel compare against the Rotozip? It seems to me like they have the same functions and bits.

[Sewert]

Ordered. THanks OP!

[Gloaming]

ordered- thanks

[alexe]

I bought Dremel from HomeDepot (hammer drop).

But now I see that canadian tire has the following kit on sale for $75.

Does anybody know how do they compare and which one is better?

Here is CT link

http://www.canadiantire.ca/assortments/product_detail.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=140847439 6670212&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=1408474395438793&bmUID=1149908111917&PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524443250113&assortment=primary&fromSearch=true

[alexe]

bump

[h00ch]

They don't compare... they are different tools.

[BinaryJay]

For what it's worth, I own both. One for any real cutting work, and one for smaller more detailed jobs.