hey stephen, did you also punch a hole in the middle? im sure im not tellin you anything you havent done before but why cant you plug weld the center of the stack of punched parts and then "open" up each layer of petals? then there is no evidence of the weld or splatter. if the stack is too tall that it would get too hot for a weld that tall i would insert a rod that was tight in the hole and weld the top and bottom?
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hey stephen, did you also punch a hole in the middle? im sure im not tellin you anything you havent done before but why cant you plug weld the center of the stack of punched parts and then "open" up each layer of petals? then there is no evidence of the weld or splatter. if the stack is too tall that it would get too hot for a weld that tall i would insert a rod that was tight in the hole and weld the top and bottom?