Pneumatic strapping tool - GIF

Pneumatic strapping tool.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...135#post211015
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...749#post198073
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...541#post132323
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...438#post196828
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...203#post180604

Nice tool, but if his goal is to reduce the footprint of the tire, since he has already removed the sidewall and bead why not cut it in half put the too halves one inside of the other then strap them.

how does the machine fuse the straps together to form the join?
Heat? pressure only?