Personally I wouldn't weld a lump! This is my late father's Parker which was terribly loose and off-face. Years ago my father took it to 'Hard Chrome Services' & told them how many thou of chrome he wanted put into the hook & on the sides of the lump, he allowed excess so as he could then fit it using oil-stones and bearing blue. The platers protected the rest of the metal and hard chrome was only added where dad specified, the pen indicates where the chrome starts. This photo doesn't do the finished job justice as the inside of the hook and the chromed sides of the lump are mirror finish, what appear to be imperfections on the chrome surfaces are grease that I hadn't removed. The chrome used was the type used on machine shafts etc., not what you'd find on an old car bumper. Cheers
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