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@Nef
Right, I shouldn't take the bait but here goes.
Reason 1 - if he wanted to use decent tubing for the bike (like he is), welding it would be very difficult (the main reason most steel frames are brazed rather than welded is because welding them is fucking difficult).
Reason 2 - you're introducing several welds into the tube which will no doubt make it a shite load weaker unless they're perfect - which is quite an ask for an "amateur framebuilder".
Reason 3 - welding edge to edge like that would again being difficult/stupid/time consuming/weak.
Reason 4 - at what point does this become "easy".
Literally everything you post is total waste.