alanjohnturner
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The trouble with cutting pieces out of bootlids and then welding a piece back in is that they dont have much curvature and the original pressing leaves some internal stress. So they are hard to weld without introducing wavy distortion.
Of course you can dolly this out after but it's quite a bit of work to get them back right.
If these are still strong but just pitted I might try lead-loading.
I've a local place that can blast-clean these without damaging them. Sometimes he uses walnut-shells. Really.
Just to cheer you up:
https://www.flickr.com/gp/90670218@N04/6vA6k2
Of course you can dolly this out after but it's quite a bit of work to get them back right.
If these are still strong but just pitted I might try lead-loading.
I've a local place that can blast-clean these without damaging them. Sometimes he uses walnut-shells. Really.
Just to cheer you up:
https://www.flickr.com/gp/90670218@N04/6vA6k2