"brian whatcott" wrote in message
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Bob La Londe wrote:
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I took a good stainless brush and polished the inside of the angled and
then welded a bead right down the inside. No worries about air
contamination since there is no opening to the other side. No back
chipping necessary.


Wire-feed? Mig? Tig? Bronze weld stick??

My work pieces and experimental pieces were MIG welded with a big blue 212
is 5000 series wire (I can never remember without looking it up) on 5052
..125 sheet.