[Radu Motisan] wrote in to share a cool project he has been working on lately, a pulsed microspot welder/cutter. The device is capable of spot welding thin metals such as foils and battery tabs by ...

The X1 Pro laser welder also functions as a laser cutter on materials as thick as 3 mm, though I did watch a YouTube video by Joshua De Lisle where he cut quarter inch steel (6 mm) Really ...

Did we mention how cheap welding wire is? A cost that could add up is the shielding gas though, but as a user on Reddit points out, an upgrade for this machine could be an enclosed build chamber ...