Well, for better or for worse, I welded the gap. The first few welds, opposing each other, and trying to keep it all hot at the same time, not letting welds cool between welds... all seemed good. (I know this because I was taking it off to the lathe and dial indicator every time) Until I tried filling in the rest of the valley. Then it distorted and stayed distorted. I heated it up cherry red to try to stress relieve the weld zone, and that actually seemed to help. It's somewhat less distorted now.
It is... functional. I could chase the low spots for the rest of the day by laying in more weld bead, grinding and turning it flush and so on, but experience has taught that is an exercise in Xeno's Paradox.
I could fill in the low spots with JB Weld, sand flush, and paint over it... I'm the only person who has to look at it and I just don't care enough.
The fact that it's slightly bent a third of the way down should be fine for all but the tightest holes. 😈
What, what??
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Weld it in a glass lathe?
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