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on Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 2:57 PM
TAGGED Crafts, DIY, Giveaway, Household, Tools
TAGGED Crafts, DIY, Giveaway, Household, Tools
Some of my earliest memories involve my dad wearing a tool belt. A carpenter by trade, a contractor by profession, it has always been his life. When we were kids, he had a shop in the basement with a work bench, vise and wall full of hand tools. I remember how he had outlined the spot where each tool went. If anything was missing, it was plain as day what it was.
And now that he's retired, well, he can't seem to NOT work. He has finally started tackling projects for himself - built a garage for his truck and included a new workshop area, too. He volunteers on committees at the church and when we know he has a few spare minutes, my mom, sister-in-law and I add things to his Honey-Do list.
This past September, we finally started converting part of the basement into a play area for the kids. My dad came over and helped DH with as much as they could. As we neared the end, a PR firm representing Dremel offered for me to test out the new Multi-Max. It is targeted at making small projects easier for DIY'ers so this was perfect timing for us. It arrived when we at the painting stage so there wasn't much we could do with it right away. All other family projects were on hold until the play room was done!
Anyway, after we finished painting, DH explained to my dad that I have this new Dremel I'm trying to review. My dad said that the trim would be a good (yet simple) opportunity to see what it does. They applied the trim everywhere but needed to cut away a few sections near the sump pump.
And now that he's retired, well, he can't seem to NOT work. He has finally started tackling projects for himself - built a garage for his truck and included a new workshop area, too. He volunteers on committees at the church and when we know he has a few spare minutes, my mom, sister-in-law and I add things to his Honey-Do list.
This past September, we finally started converting part of the basement into a play area for the kids. My dad came over and helped DH with as much as they could. As we neared the end, a PR firm representing Dremel offered for me to test out the new Multi-Max. It is targeted at making small projects easier for DIY'ers so this was perfect timing for us. It arrived when we at the painting stage so there wasn't much we could do with it right away. All other family projects were on hold until the play room was done!Anyway, after we finished painting, DH explained to my dad that I have this new Dremel I'm trying to review. My dad said that the trim would be a good (yet simple) opportunity to see what it does. They applied the trim everywhere but needed to cut away a few sections near the sump pump.
DH grabbed the Multi-Max while my dad looked on. When DH was done, my dad's response... "That's slick." I was amazed at how quick and easy it was. But honestly, it was just cutting off a piece of trim, how hard could it be the way my dad would normally do it. So I
asked him. He rifled through his tool box and pulled out a hand tool. He said "This is what I would have used." He went on to explain that the Dremel was 3-4 times quicker, but more important, much cleaner. He said for someone not skilled at using the traditional tool, it made it less likely that the wall would be damaged.While I was excited about the Dremel Multi-Max and how easy it was, I was even more thrilled that my dad thought it was cool!
Think I'll go draw an outline of it on his new workshop wall.
So what do you think? Do you have a Honey DIY list that's itching for attention? Maybe if you added a Dremel Multi-Max to the toolkit, the project list might get shorter. (Or... it might get longer as you figure out all the things this baby can do!) You can check out their "30 Minute Miracles" brochure for some great information and ideas. Here's your chance to win one!
The Prize: Dremel Multi-MaxParticipants -
...must provide a US shipping address
...must provide an email in the first comment, email me directly with an email address or have email accessible from their profile.
...must provide an email in the first comment, email me directly with an email address or have email accessible from their profile.
Sometime on February 15, 2010, a winner will be chosen at random (using random.org) from all valid comments left. Winner has 72 hours from posting/notification to respond. If winner cannot be contacted, I will move on to the next random selection.
How to enter:
For the first entry (required) -
(1) Get some project ideas at Dremel.com.(2) Leave a comment on this post at SahmReviews.com with a project around your house that you think the Dremel Multi-Max would help you with.
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-- One Entry (Daily): Read any of my non-giveaway reviews here at SahmReviews.com and leave an appropriate comment on that post. Come back here and leave a comment stating which product/post you left a comment on.
Kudos to Dremel for creating yet another cool tool for DIY'ers. Also, thanks to Dremel for providing the prize for this giveaway.
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Disclosure: In order to facilitate this review, I received a Dremel Multi-Max tool. No other compensation was received.
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My hubby and I love watching birds. We have an old gourd that I use as a fall decoration that would be a perfect bird house. I found the plans for making a Gourd Birdhouse on their website. Now all we need is the Dremel!
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The the Dremel Multi-Max would really help me restoring Painted Metal. When we moved in our new place last August they had painted for us but the problem is they painted over all of the door fixtures so this would be an excellent project to do and it would be a breeze using the Dremel Multi-Max.
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It would help in the remove of the ruined baseboard in the bathroom
We are going to replace the tiles in our bathroom and this would make it easier to get the old stuff out. DH showed me the advert for this tool and he would love to have one.
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The Dremel would be helpful with the shelving I want to put up in our newly remodeled family room.
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We could use the dremel to clean our grill, amongst other things.
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Oh this would be wonderful! We are remodeling and putting up a new ceiling with pod lights and this would help so much. This would also help with polishing our door knobs that we are redoing. This would help in more ways than one! Thanks for the chance!
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I have been putting off tiling our bathroom floor. It's a small space and there will be lots of custom cutting. The Dremel Multi-Max would work perfect!!
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We could really use Dremel Multi-Max to help with our bathroom projects coming up real soon. I have to replace the molding and replace and move some of the plumbing. The pipes in the bathroom have froze 4 times so far this winter. Imagine waking up to no water and you have to leave for work in an hour errr. Not a good start to the day. We decided to fix the problem by removing the old copper pipe under the house and installing PVC piping inside the house along the molding. The Multi-Max will make this job so much easier to do. There is only a crawl space under the house where the piping is and to use a hand hack saw is out of the question. The Multi-Max is small enough to fit in the space and cut these pipes in seconds. I watched 3 video's and when I saw the video's of Flush Cutting PVC Pipe and Flush Cutting Copper Pipe I new this is the tool we need. Thanks for Sharing this review and giveaway with all of your readers.
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I love the restoring your metal patio furniture tutorial, it just might be an inspiration for me to get busy on our set!
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I think it would be great for the tile job in my kitchen or the trim job in my bathroom ! Great Giveaway. bargainfun1 at yahoo
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We will be adding crown molding to our living room soon and this would be a great help
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I like the Terra Cotta Patio Lights.
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It could really help my honey replace the leaky pipe in our kitchen sink!
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This would be great for cutting a pipe drain! We are installing a new sink and this would be a perfect start for such an awesome tool!
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I have a bathroom that is going to be remodled in the very near future and this Dremel Mulit-Max will make it so much easier.
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Reslotting a stripped screw is always needed around here for some reason.
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I like the Wood Inlay Techniques. This could really help us out around our home. I have seen commercials but can not get one just yet..Maybe in the summer I will be able to
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I would like to learn how to etch glass. I can already envision Christmas ornaments I could make!
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Wow! I just seen this advertise on TV and thought the many things I would like my husband to do with that! I got lots of ideas from the website including installing a baseboard corner (which he has been needing t do) I also love the pumpkin carving since Im horrible at it! The thing I would first use it for around the house is to help my son make his Awana Grand Prix car which is a wooden car for a church race. It would be perfect for this!
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I love the idea of using it to make terra cotta luminaries
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I think this dremmel would be a great tool in glass etching. But hubbs would probably steal it to work on our new baseboards!
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This would be great for adding pod lights in the kitchen. Our kitchen is always so dark and the light currently in there has a fan and it's just not pretty. I would love to switch it up w/some pod lights. Jenprincess88 at aol dot com
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this would so help with building our porch!
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I like the Etched Bottle/Vase, good idea for my wedding I'm planning!
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Husband could use it to cut drywall.
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Fixing the grout around the tub!
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I make miniatures as a hobby. This tool would come in very handy for cutting wood bases, walls, floors; sanding parts; cutting plexiglas to cover the projects, etc.
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We could really use it for our grill-it needs a good cleaning! :-)
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I too have some baseboard moulding to install, so the Dremmel would be handy for that job. I also have two pieces of furniture I plan on refinishing soon, so the Dremmel would come in handy too.
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The Autumn Celebration Wreath is really cool.
This would come in handy for some projects I have coming up. I liked the wood inlay techniques.
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my honey-do project would be to fix our doorways of our home and multiple other projects as seen on the Dremel site.
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We recently bought a new house. We're replacing all of the baseboards, so a dremel would come in handy for those corners.
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i THINK it would help with putting in a new bathroom floor!
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We need to sand and repaint 15 window ledges and have been putting it off for a long time. This Dremel would help us so much with this project! And my hubby's 30th birthday is coming up, it would make his day!
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I have some cabinet doors that are ugly and in bad need of a fix-up job. This tool could really help! Thanks!
I love this!!! Oh, and my husband would too, if I were to let him use it. I can think of tons of things I would do with it!! Put in some "between stud cabinets" in the bathroom, replacing window sills, putting in some needed extra outlets in the bedroom! I could go on and on!!! downhomelivin at live dot com
We would need it for the trim as well. We are finishing our basement right now and are almost done. We just need to put up the trim and hang the doors, etc. I would love to win this for my husband...
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i am a crafter and there are many times this dremel would come in handy. i would maybe even let my husband use it once in awhile....if he asked nicely!!
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The Dremel Multi-Max would be a big help when we tackle the big project of replacing and refinishing the ceiling in our kitchen. jgs0925 at gmail dot com
drywall--we need lots of projects!! looks like something great to have
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We would use this to install baseboard corners.
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We are installing new countertops next month and I am sure this would come in handy!
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i would use it to help finish the steps I need to replace in my house. Thanks!
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under the Lawn and Garden Projects I found plans for making bird house out of gourds and I have about 2 dozen gourds waiting to be turned into bird houses. P;use it would be so useful in myh jewelry making....the show how to use the tool on shells to make a bracelet.
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i want to make the Gourd Birdhouse!!!
This would come in handy for finishing off our basement!
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Dremel had som freat ideas at their site (I never would have thought to cut a new slot for a stripped screw!), but I already knew why I need this tool. About half the furniture in my apt. is "unabandoned" stuff I rescued. What I don't keep gets gifted, donated to thrift shops, or in rare cases, sold(!) There are always little repairs necessary, and this tool would make them so much easier.
We plan on redoing our bathroom soon so this would be great to have
This would help with the finish work on a new cabinet we just installed.
I would use it to make some baseboards for my sons room! thanks!
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What a great review and giveaway! I'd ddefinately use it to remove tile in our kitchen.
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What's so awesome about this is that you can use it for lawn mower blade sharpening AND pumpkin carving. Guess which one I will be doing. ;)
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My wife said now she can finally finish some of the projects I can't/won't get to.
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use it to help me restore my tile bathroom
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It can help me with a wide variety of projects with my son.
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