Well, i gave it my best shot and after another 3 hours of trying to weld it without burning a hole i gave up and just brazed it. I think the seat stays were too large of diameter (16mm) for the 28.6 mm seat tube. they were almost butted up against each other compared to my last bike where i used 14mm seat stays and could more easily weld the two stays. i think this welding job was a little bit above my skillset. as i started coming into the narrow section between the stays my bead kept pulling away from the junction of the stay and seat tube. Anyway i ended up tossing a bunch of flux in between the stays and brazing the final gap. this was my first attempt at a fillet stylebraze and its pretty ugly but i think after some (a lot) of cleanup it will look ok.
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