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Chaley
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The Steerer has been cut and joined at the line drawn on the attached picture, it's where the butt ends on the original steerer tube. That kind of dictates where the splice needs to happen, as this was a threaded steerer for a quill stem, I tried to keep the join as low as possible for maximum stem insertion. There is a 4130 chromoly insert where the join is, as per the Brodie video posted further up the page. Both ends of the tubes being joined are heavily chamfered and then clamped in a big V block whilst they were TIG welded together, The welds were filed flush, which makes everything look nice but also ensures the crown race can be removed/refitted. Everything was then 'shoeshined' with 120 grit and scotchbrite so it all looks seamless.
It was a pleasure to sort it for you @Chaley , always good to keep something out of the scrap bin! It was also awesome to meet Dolly!
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