The band is cut off, the barrel shortened to the desired length, the band is bored out and lightly pressed back on. A fixture was made to keep everthing in alignment while pressing. The band and barrel are tig welded at the crown area and then the crown cut with a form tool. Silver solder sometimes leaves a mess to clean up and may not take the finish. Same thing is done on the non stainless babies. All my secrets are out.
Neil
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