Zellers: Dremel Clone + flex Shaft + 162 accessories $15

[blackice168]

Was down at the Zellers at Markham and Lawrence when i noticed this at their auto section. There was about 10 kits. I couldn't find it on their website but its called "Power Smith Variable speed hobby tool Model: PS2162K" It has 2 yellow stickers on it, one with the price of 49.97 and one on top for $15. It includes:

- 1 flex-drive shaft
- 22 sanding sleeves
- 2 sanding sleeve mandrels
- 1 buffing wheel
- 6 buffing pads
- 1 leather buffing wheel
- 1 screw mandrel
- 10 diamond grinding points
- 4 silicon Carbide grinding wheels
- 3 nylon brushes
- 2 steel wire brushes
- 3 brass wire brushes
- 6 silicon carbide grinding wheels
- 6 aluminum oxide grinding wheels
- 1 honing stone
- 4 collets (1/16", 3/32", 1/8"(2))
- 3 cut-off wheel madrels
- 5 fiberglass cut-off wheeles
- 1 flapper sander
- 37 sanding discs
- 28 aluminum oxide cut-off wheels
- 6 High Speed drill bits
- 1 collet wrench

Specs:
- 120VAC, 60hz, 1.0 Amp
speed: 8,000 - 30,000 RPM

[Aj23]

I need to get a dremel for a little project I'm doing, never used one before so no idea how it really is or what it includes, but would I be able to use this to replace a dremel (is it actually a dremel?)

[deep]

I need to get a dremel for a little project I'm doing, never used one before so no idea how it really is or what it includes, but would I be able to use this to replace a dremel (is it actually a dremel?)

Absolutely. Looks like the exact same body as the Jobmate one from CT, which works pretty damn well for the price.

[Aj23]

Absolutely. Looks like the exact same body as the Jobmate one from CT, which works pretty damn well for the price.

Alright thanks, time to go searching for one! Hopefully they are still around.

[Mad.Whack]

I got one for 10$ - 10% (SPC)

There was some additional discount on clearance items...

Thanks OP!

None left @ zellers Pointe Claire

[rinottawa]

FYI

Dremel is a brand of tools, primarily rotary tools, developed by Albert J. Dremel, who founded the Dremel Company in 1932 in Racine, Wisconsin. In 1993 the company was purchased by Robert Bosch GmbH, and today it is a division of the Robert Bosch Tool Corporation and located in Mount Prospect, Illinois. Dremel rotary tools may be likened to the pneumatic die grinders used in the metalworking industry by tool or moldmakers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dremel

[smpmush]

Thanks OP scored one tonight.. The flex shaft is worth the $15.. the accessories make this smokin hot deal..

[maytricks]

I found a 12v impact driver by the same company, power smith, at zellers not very long ago for similarly extremely low price. the quality is decent for what i paid.

so... keep an eye out for other power tools from that company while you're looking around as that isn't the only one that had it's price reduced

[midget_man]

Zellers seems to have a routine 50% off yellow sticker hardware sale every so often (seemingly very often). Almost better to wait until then for this stuff. And don't worry, the stuff will still be there. Its always there. No matter how many sales I see on these powersmith tools, they never go away. I don't know if elves or constantly churning them out in the back rom or what.

[Nethervue]

Grabbed one, thanks OP.

[soblecram]

Do yourselves a favor, and purchase some QUALITY sanding sleeves.. I had 3 blow up (literally fall apart) while I was using them. Amazing how far they fly at that many RPM's (and how deep they can cut when they hit skin.. I should scan some pics of the stitches I had to go and get)

[wpgguy99]

Do yourselves a favor, and purchase some QUALITY sanding sleeves.. I had 3 blow up (literally fall apart) while I was using them. Amazing how far they fly at that many RPM's (and how deep they can cut when they hit skin.. I should scan some pics of the stitches I had to go and get)

I agree completely. But to be fair, I think most sanding discs are like that. I think they provided an impression through all the commercials over the years, this is an easy tool for anyone to use. Sort of like scissors. But something that spins this fast with parts that fragile is actually quite dangerous. I had mastercraft stuff that also exploded. It has to do with you need a steady hand. If you are cutting at an angle you are bound to shatter this stuff. i still have not mastered that skill ... so I buy lots of cheap disks

[KingCreole]

Thanks for the deal OP. Great to know about it since the Zellers in Westbank didn't even have the yellow stickers on them. Scanned at $14.99. I'm sure this will come in handy sometime.

[BartBandy]

I picked up the "Kawasaki" model at Costco two weeks ago for $30 (I think). I haven't used it yet, but it comes with a whackload of bits and attachments, including a shaft, so I don't feel, um, shafted.

I have a real Dremel that has to be 15 years old, and it works fine, but it lives at the cottage for my hobby stuff. Dremels are just too damn handy. You may not take it off the shelf for a year, then you use it 5 times in a row for jobs no other tool can do.

Seriously. Kawasaki. Who the hell do these companies think they are fooling by branding 3rd party tools with unrelated brand names? I know it's a knockoff - stop trying to pretend it isn't.

[fun4uoc]

The tool itself isn't worth much and probably won't last very long but the accessories themselves are worth more than the price.