Discovery Power Welder
#1
Posted 10 August 2008 - 02:05 PM
Discovery Power Welder
MY KITTEN WALKS ON VELVET FEET
AND MAKES NO SOUND AT ALL;
AND IN THE DOORWAY NIGHTLY SITS
TO WATCH THE DARKNESS FALL
I THINK HE LOVES THE LADY, NIGHT
AND FEELS AKIN TO HER
WHOSE FOOTSTEPS ARE AS STILL AS HIS,
WHOSE TOUCH IS AS SOFT AS FUR
LOIS WEAKLY McKay
#2
Posted 10 August 2008 - 02:11 PM
The Red Star Breech
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#3
Posted 10 August 2008 - 02:13 PM
If this thing works for Nerf blasters, it can open up a whole new domain for integrations. No more insane amounts of hot glue and epoxy. Just one blaster bonded to another. This may be indeed worth looking into. I think I will order one this Friday when I get paid.
"The moment you can no longer see the fun in running around like a little child is the moment you begin to die."
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#4
Posted 10 August 2008 - 02:16 PM
I'm actually intrigued about this thing. The only problem I see concerns what types of plastics it works with. I don't even know if this would be an issue.
If this thing works for Nerf blasters, it can open up a whole new domain for integrations. No more insane amounts of hot glue and epoxy. Just one blaster bonded to another. This may be indeed worth looking into. I think I will order one this Friday when I get paid.
Keep me in the loop, I'd love to see/hear if this thing works/worthwhile.
The Red Star Breech
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#5
Posted 10 August 2008 - 02:20 PM
yeah I'm that guy who made that cool thing with the cool paint.
#6
Posted 10 August 2008 - 02:47 PM
MY KITTEN WALKS ON VELVET FEET
AND MAKES NO SOUND AT ALL;
AND IN THE DOORWAY NIGHTLY SITS
TO WATCH THE DARKNESS FALL
I THINK HE LOVES THE LADY, NIGHT
AND FEELS AKIN TO HER
WHOSE FOOTSTEPS ARE AS STILL AS HIS,
WHOSE TOUCH IS AS SOFT AS FUR
LOIS WEAKLY McKay
#7
Posted 10 August 2008 - 03:11 PM
I don't know... I have my doubts though. I don't want to speculate too much, but would they really create something that melts plastics together for a product rated ages 8+?
Nonetheless, now I want one.
-George Orwell, 1984
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#8
Posted 10 August 2008 - 03:13 PM
It basically was a drill, of sorts, that spun a soft plastic rod, effectively heating it to it's melting point. Some fancy handwork and you could create "welds" between plastic pieces that Mattel provided with the toy. There even were rivets that you could chuck into the welder (with an attachment) that spun-melted them into holes in plastic pieces (that Mattel provided with the toy, again).
I cannot say much, since I only had one for a few months before breaking, and Mattel obvioiusly didn't have much of a winner product, so it's only a "wait and see" approach as to whether or not this new contraption is a re-do of an older product, or a whole new mousetrap altogether.
Looks pretty cool, though! Imagine the possibilities if it is a better product!
Ooops... after reading this in the product description, I have to wonder.
Weld a design, break it, then reuse the pieces to weld something else! Non-stop fun and learning the hands-on way.
BREAK it? Aiee.
-Piney-
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#9
Posted 10 August 2008 - 04:44 PM
I beat my wife."
#10
Posted 10 August 2008 - 05:18 PM
#11
Posted 10 August 2008 - 05:47 PM
http://en.wikipedia....Plastic_welding
Edited by CaptainSlug, 10 August 2008 - 05:49 PM.
#12
Posted 10 August 2008 - 07:53 PM
#13
Posted 10 August 2008 - 08:00 PM
Has he used it for integrations with nerf? I would be wary of this because it runs off of batteries.My friend has one, it works wonders. You can weld 2 very thin peices together to make on piece
-A side of nerf
Edited by A side of nerf, 10 August 2008 - 08:00 PM.
#14
Posted 11 August 2008 - 02:54 AM
Effective plastic welding works by reaching the specific plasticity point for a family of plastics. There's no combustion, which would be the source of the fumes you are posting warnings about.I'm somewhat suprised that a device like this exists at all, and especially that anything resembling a "brand name" is associated with it. There are a few (though unusual) plastic types which can outgas toxics as they melt. But almost all do so if they burn. In my opinion anyone who is interested in one of these should first seriously re-think the idea. Then if you're sure, snap one up quickly before the liability suits take it out of circulation. Then hide it from your parents, if you need to, until you're 18.
(I add that last caution as someone who owned a Mattel Sonic Blaster new)
Various sonic plastic welders weld parts together by causing extremely high speed inter-surface vibrational friction.
#15
Posted 11 August 2008 - 12:53 PM
#16
Posted 11 August 2008 - 04:48 PM
#17
Posted 11 August 2008 - 05:31 PM
I believe that Drone Fragger is probably right. Until we know for sure how this works and what plastics it works on, I do not believe this will be useful. I see three possible outcome 1 The weld falls or break off in a nerf war. (most likely) 2 It does not work well at all on a nerf gun (2nd most likely) 3 It works well (least likely).I have a suspiscion that this is a spin welder that uses an extremely low tempreture plastic as the welding "rods". This would not only make it safer for kids but also explain how the welds could be broken and reused for something else, considering they aren't going to be particularly strong at room temp.
Edited by TheNerfLoki, 11 August 2008 - 05:32 PM.
TNL,
#18
Posted 11 August 2008 - 06:24 PM
wanna cheap real plastic welder here ya go.
http://www.harborfre...temnumber=41592
There is only one problem with that welder, you need an air compressor to make it work (greatly increasing the price)
MY KITTEN WALKS ON VELVET FEET
AND MAKES NO SOUND AT ALL;
AND IN THE DOORWAY NIGHTLY SITS
TO WATCH THE DARKNESS FALL
I THINK HE LOVES THE LADY, NIGHT
AND FEELS AKIN TO HER
WHOSE FOOTSTEPS ARE AS STILL AS HIS,
WHOSE TOUCH IS AS SOFT AS FUR
LOIS WEAKLY McKay
#19
Posted 11 August 2008 - 11:14 PM
And I already have a compressor, so I might buy it.There is only one problem with that welder, you need an air compressor to make it work (greatly increasing the price)
<- tool addict
Edited by CaptainSlug, 11 August 2008 - 11:14 PM.
#20
Posted 11 August 2008 - 11:32 PM
It would just run off of compressed air?And I already have a compressor, so I might buy it.There is only one problem with that welder, you need an air compressor to make it work (greatly increasing the price)
<- tool addict
#21
Posted 12 August 2008 - 03:43 AM
It would just run off of compressed air?And I already have a compressor, so I might buy it.There is only one problem with that welder, you need an air compressor to make it work (greatly increasing the price)
<- tool addict
There is also a plug to heat the element in the welder it seems.
As to the price of a compressor you can get one pretty cheap also from that same site.
BTW slug, there is a much better quality one available thru that site as well.
Well I dunno if its better. But it has the air motor built in so you don't need the compressor. Adds some to its portability.
http://www.harborfre...temnumber=96712
Edited by Blacksunshine, 12 August 2008 - 03:46 AM.
#22
Posted 12 August 2008 - 01:36 PM
And I already have a compressor, so I might buy it.There is only one problem with that welder, you need an air compressor to make it work (greatly increasing the price)
<- tool addict
is jealous of said tools. On a side note (I know this should be in homemade) there is a new service for people who don't have access to a prototyper shapeways. They will build any design you can make in a 3D program then ship it to you (they charge around 50 to 100$ depending on the piece)
MY KITTEN WALKS ON VELVET FEET
AND MAKES NO SOUND AT ALL;
AND IN THE DOORWAY NIGHTLY SITS
TO WATCH THE DARKNESS FALL
I THINK HE LOVES THE LADY, NIGHT
AND FEELS AKIN TO HER
WHOSE FOOTSTEPS ARE AS STILL AS HIS,
WHOSE TOUCH IS AS SOFT AS FUR
LOIS WEAKLY McKay
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