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I weld the two tubes together somewhere between the headset cups where the stress is lower and I use an internal plug turned on a lathe to match the internal diameter of the two tubes meeting each other. It is likely stronger than a cast fork crown silver soldered in my opinion.
But anything done badly is obviously a bodge.
Hulsroy
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I worked down with Geoff Roberts for a few years and he does tons of repairs. I've seen pretty much every bodge and failure that there is, and in my opinion, it will fail. Maybe not today or tomorrow but it will go and you'll wish you hadn't bodged it.
You have a butted end on a fork steerer for a reason. You would be welding (I'm presuming TIG) on the thinnest part of the steerer and it will create a weakness.
Just my opinion but I would always replace the whole steerer.