Hand Held Laser Welders - by Anna-Sofia Lesiv
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Or, The Light at the End of the Weld
Never say Twitter hasn’t contributed to the rebirth of American manufacturing. One of my favorite anecdotes in the unfolding story of that rebirth is Elon Musk scrolling Twitter, seeing a video of a Chinese hand-held laser welder, ordering it for a few thousand bucks off of Amazon and thereafter transforming how rockets at SpaceX are assembled. More on the details of that later, but it’s a pretty striking example of how a technology initially produced as a tool for hobbyists can quietly revolutionize an entire industry. This is excellent news for America because welding has been a massive,…
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