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What Would The Holidays Be Without Spin Welding??? (Patreon)

Published:
2022-12-26 18:31:24
Imported:
2023-04

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Oh... the smell of liquefied styrene...  Smells like the 70's!  Let's go  nostalgic with a little bit of spin welding on Xmas.  But due to low  battery, just a little bit.


https://youtu.be/YWjIi9m7pTU

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Oh... the smell of liquefied styrene... Smells like the 70's! Let's go nostalgic with a little bit of spin welding on Xmas. But due to low battery, just a little bit. My original DIY Spin Welder Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0zpqhhcmp4 Join Team FranLab!!!! Become a patron and help support my YouTube Channel on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/frantone #franlab #mattel #toys - Music by Fran Blanche - Fran on Twitter - https://twitter.com/contourcorsets Fran's Science Blog - http://www.frantone.com/designwritings/design_writings.html FranArt Website - http://www.contourcorsets.com

Comments

Elliott Mule Deer

I vaguely remember spin welding, but it would have been useful as I bought toys from thrift stores and rebuilt them, I had the latest toys for less.

Anonymous

First I have heard or seen this toy before, maybe didn’t have them In New Zealand. I do remember the battery’s being made with hard cardboard outer and spring connectors.

Anonymous

Pretty cool to see this. I got one of these kits for Christmas when I was a kid. I remember commercials for this and specifically asked for it. I think mine was to build a car. Maybe not as dangerous as Creepy Crawlers.

Anonymous

Great! Let's make a Reto-drone!

Anonymous

The minute I started watching this it reminded me of Friction Stir Welding, which I first saw on NASA TV. Here is a pretty good explanation of the process. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ7ar3h0qAc

Anonymous

Fran, I think if you can sacrifice a soldering iron tip, you could melt the parts together a lot easier and that would a be Fran Spotwelder,

Mike O'Dell

Friction-stir welding is the predominant metal-joining technology in aerospace construction today. Boeing and Airbus both use it extensively in aerostructures. The automotive industry is rapidly adopting it as well.

Circuitmike

The original spin-welding video was, I think, the first Franlab video I ever watched!

frantone
>>98318634

Try it yourself - you won't like the results on styrene - and it is not fun!

VWestlife

I never heard of spin welding until I saw your original video about it. Mattel had a quite diverse product line in the '70s -- they even made an organ that played optical discs containing pre-recorded instruments and backing tracks, called the Optigan. A lot of alternative music and TV commercials have used the Optigan because of its kitschy lo-fi sound.