I always looked up to the spot-welding pros, until I got one myself… turns out with full-auto anyone can do it

Li Dapang, 44 seconds: with the welder in hand, welding nickel strip is easy; bold idea — put a screw on a washer and spot-weld it, hold it down and it’s welded (a bit hot); ‘no more special welding oil from now on’; ‘with automatic you become a pro instantly’; comments: even 0.2 steel strip won’t weld, a ¥50 thing sold for ¥180, how thick can stacked copper go

Always looked up to the spot-welding pros, until he got one himself — turns out with full-auto anyone can do it. With the welder in hand, welding nickel strip onto lithium cells is already very easy; bold idea: put a screw on a washer and spot-weld it — just hold it down, right? It welded (a bit hot); try another one, hold it down and full-auto fires; no more special welding oil from now on; what else do you think it could do. 37 comments: ‘fake-one-pay-ten, if it works like the video I’ll order ten’ (11); spot-welding sheet iron and stainless has been done before (Li Mutou) (6); ‘no good, my 0.2 steel strip won’t even weld’ (5, creator: with automatic you become a pro instantly); spot welds can’t carry big current, no better than solder, only good for low-power batteries; how thick can stacked copper go; a ¥50 thing sold for ¥180; can it re-tab big prismatic cells.

Outcome

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   1. Welder in hand, nickel strip is easy; bold idea

   With the welder in hand, welding nickel strip onto lithium cells is very easy; bold idea — put a screw on a washer and give it a try.

   00:00 – 00:14
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   2. Hold it down and weld: it’s on (a bit hot); try another

   Just hold it down, right? Look, it welded; a bit hot; try another with this one, hold it down and full-auto fires.

   00:14 – 00:40
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   3. No more special welding oil; what else can it do

   No more special welding oil from now on; what else do you think it could do.

   00:40 – 00:45

Bill of materials

Creator’s tips

• In auto mode, hold the pens in contact and it welds; beginners can pick it up 00:26

Pitfalls

• Comments: 0.2 steel strip won’t weld; can’t carry big current

Li-ion safety

• The welded part is a bit hot afterwards 00:19

Quotes