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You can weld alloy sheet and tubing and you can weld machined and forged shapes to other profiles, but the forging/billet turning process used to make hubs is specifically designed to keep the alloy structure correct to hold a spoke under tension. If you heat it up and add a welding rod into the mix you will alter the mechanical properties.