Have you considered the NESE kits?
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not interested sadly
gonna be careful and do this right
layed them out in the enclosure to calculate space
got your nickel tabs coming this week or next
watched many of lee wrights videos on battery building
and gonna do it all perfectly
thanks though
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@BenjaminF @Skyart @longhairedboy @Simeon @glyphiks
I’m here trying to think of some better jigs for gluing and welding the batteries together, do you guys have some cool jigs to share?
Like to hold them square, and in other shaped we make batteries in
I’m getting tired of my square woodworking thingie and would like something better:sweat_smile:
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I’ve been using an 18650 gluing jig from a sunkko welder and recently found a nice jig for 21700 cells from @SeanHacker. It holds P42A’s snugly but is only up to 5p…
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is it worth gluing 8 cells together (2 p groups) even if they will be soldered rather then welded together?
Huh are you building another pack?
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yep
using the old cells for a top mount for my friends scooter and making a dif pack for myself
12s8p p42a
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oh god
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Healthcare is free there right?
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yep
at the moment i wouldnt advise though
either way we got health insurance so get private anyway
At least your friend will have some coverage 
But in all seriousness it’s hard to go wrong with a top mount or scooter battery, bricks are nice
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yep thats the reason im starting with that and then gonna do mine after
printing out a piece to help with the glueing of my cells now
@Acido been using this for the last 5 or 6 years, its just aluminum bar with a layer of electrical tape over it screwed to a block of wood in a square. it will line up as many as 11 21700s in a row and slips in a drawer.
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Only thingie I’ve ever used
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but the NHS rn is basically non functional 
Why are they being soldered instead of welded.
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8 cells next to each other is to long
They are pgroups of 4x2 so the 2 pgroups can’t be welded together
You mean welded and then soldered to the nickel I hope? Or soldered directly to the can?
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What’s the final shape supposed to be? 8 in a row is the preferred method for brick packs
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