I did (way?) further up in the thread 
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some people mentioned chucking the elctrodes into a drill to sharpen them
can anyone expand on how to do this
also anyone know if i can see how many welds i have done
thanks so much
put the electrode in a drill, then use sandpaper to sharpen them, its not really complicated.
you can see how many welds you have done in each session while your welder didn’t turn off by keeping the electrodes pressed down on the nickel after the welding has finished, you can also see other stats that way.
Orr you can just count it 
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dammit I should have ordered those bulk mini gearmotors.
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Just from my side: don’t forget to recalibrate from time to time as they get shorter, the unit needs to “know” that.
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ah ok
i weld at a weird angle (like 45 degrees) so maybe this decreases there life
but is it normal that the tips are getting charred and a bit ruined after roughly 500welds (per electrode)
Depends what tips you use if your useing dirty nickel or tips it will increase the were and tear so will sparks from bad contact, lack of presser, bad angle. KWeld tips are realy good and last so mutch longer.
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yep kweld tips. i do use bad angles and i dont really clean them so maybe that causes it
i will try to
how long should a pair of tips be lasting before requiring sharpening?
2000 Welds before I had to clean off my tips when I was using more beefy ones. 500 is too low
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Not very long, I find myself cleaning and sharpening maybe 2 or 3 times during the welding of 1 battery
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Same here, just make sure you dont have a thick layer of nickel at the top of the electrode and your good to go, you will notiece a difference in the welds when the electrodes are dirty, no need to worry too much, you will get the hang of it by time
@Halbj613
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cheers everyone
welds are super nice with this and way more consistent then any other welder. i finished the welding of my pack and i did whole thing with no sparks and all good welds. (super nice)
thanks everyone
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Actually sharpening the tips after only a few hundred welds? What weld energy/tips? With my older tips I find I gradually have to do this but 2-3 times per pack to sharpen I’ve never had to i dont think
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I use a malterics welder but I think this is pretty much par for the course with welding. The tips blacken and dull with use and need to be cleaned up periodically. I have 5450 welds on this particular welder but my old boss level had a ton on it too and it was the same on that as well
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Hey all. I just got a “Spot R” error on my Kweld. I have about 2500 welds on it and haven’t had an issue yet. According to the manual, this indicates a bad Electrode contact. Has anyone run into this? I’m planning on running a calibration to see if this addresses the issue. Any help is appreciated
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Well fuck. I performed calibration and during the “short” portion I got a spark 
The unit seems to be fine but that appeared to be a genuine short as opposed to the ‘pulse’ that’s supposed to be sent to calibrate. The 300 amp fuse now has a black burn mark in the middle of it tho.
FML. I think this might be a hardware problem. I’ve written the dude at Keenlab and will report back.
I’m also thinking that I should replace the fuse as well. Thoughts on whether this is still safe to use?
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You need a new fuse for sure
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Ya I thought so. So it then follows that I shouldn’t be welding until the new fuse is in, correct?
I mean, the fuse is still carrying the current well enough but I would think the burns have increased resistance quite a bit. Am I way off on this?
Edit: the resistance on the welds is still reading the same so no increased resistance as far as the kweld is concerned.
If you’re in a pinch and dont mind the risk you could get a chunk of metal and use that as a “fuse” until the new one arrives
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