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If it fails, It is possible to lengthen the steerer without a doner steerer tube, but its tricky, and you need to know the right kind of people and possibly also have a bribe of some sort ready for them.
Here's the thread. Its in Danish so bear with me. Pictures are half way down.
http://fixie-king.dk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=7632&start=80
As it happens I have access to a lathe and a bit of metalscraps so I made a "dorn" (translation needed) to fit the inside of the steerer within a 0.1mm tolerance. That way, I was sure the rest of the steerer would'nt go out of balance when I welded it back on.
Its a hack bike so its not very pretty but it works like a charm. And you woun't see it when its mounted. And obviously you could make it way lighter and probably prettier