[EricH]

Originally Posted by DonRotolo

Friction stir welding. That's what I want to try. I have my cordless drill....

Originally Posted by DampRobot

Handheld friction stir welder... Yeahbuddy!

SpaceX does friction stir welding to make their rocket bodies, it's really a extremely cool process.

Handheld stir welder? Try a mill instead, it'll work slightly better. (Trust me on this. I spent a good portion of my work day today on one of the SpaceX stir welders--and that's actually pretty typical for me.)

BTW, friction stir welding is one of the FEW new technologies with almost no practical application to FRC robots. Maybe the sheet metal bots could use it, but even they'd have a hard time. Not saying it isn't cool to watch, though.