Wanted: Battery spot welder

[Mr Gus]

Asking here before I order a new one, if anyone has a completed project for a battery pack & it is gathering dust please let me know asap as I'm making up an 18650 batt pack for general purpose (lightweight duties) via a really awful ali express package that is sub-par ali-express "filth" sold descriptively as one thing, reality upon delivery being another

Let me know which unit you have & how much inc postage if anyone is finished with theirs.
Cheers

[MrPablo]

Mr Gus, did you end up picking a new spot welder?
I'm planning to build up a new battery pack pair for the ebikes, so will be needing to order one on the next few weeks.

[Mr Gus]

Nope, not yet, the service from the last seller left me filled with so much hate for the scammer shop vendor I had to walk away.

[Joeboy]

Nope, not yet, the service from the last seller left me filled with so much hate for the scammer shop vendor I had to walk away.

What sort of money do they go for Gus? I've got a multi level electronic shops over here in Marmaris. I can check availability and price if you want in the next week. Not saying they'll have it but maybe... A link to the preferred unit is....preferred.

[AGT]

Oh do they have a Tandy

[Joeboy]

Oh do they have a Tandy

Sadly no, nor a Maplin. Although they are a veritable Aladdins cave of an independent electronic store. No1 & I were in there today for a car usb plug in cig lighter to power the sat nav and a few gu10 led bulbs. Will be back over there in New Year.

[Moxi]

I’m going to tread lightly here as I’m not familiar with the precise requirements but I have seen a lot of home made battery and general spot welders on ooh tube made from the illustrious old microwave transformer and bits. Is this a potential solution for Mr Gus or is it like many things on ooh tube just click bait ?

Moxi

[Joeboy]

I’m going to tread lightly here as I’m not familiar with the precise requirements but I have seen a lot of home made battery and general spot welders on ooh tube made from the illustrious old microwave transformer and bits. Is this a potential solution for Mr Gus or is it like many things on ooh tube just click bait ?

Moxi

Ooh I like that idea! A frisson of danger with a chance of success thrown in.

[Mr Gus]

cheers joe, i'll dig a few of the listings out, seller I got a battery box from was such an arsehole thatI gave up even putting in a claim, I wanted the faecal matter off my shoe, as it were!

They are diddy pocket size units for this level of use compared with the bigguns a few years back aimed at doing potentially thousands of welds.

[AGT]

Oh do they have a Tandy

Sadly no, nor a Maplin. Although they are a veritable Aladdins cave of an independent electronic store. No1 & I were in there today for a car usb plug in cig lighter to power the sat nav and a few gu10 led bulbs. Will be back over there in New Year.

I didn’t know Maplin went into administration at the time, and walked in to the Dundee branch and they were selling everything

I spent £300 on baskets( they even gave me them) of stuff, semiconductors, passive components, connectors, cables etc.

Once the garage is complete the electronics workbench will look not to shabby!