Thanks Stuart, I would like to say I got them down but still finding ways to make um better.
This is my heat shield to prevent caps from coming loose. Probably didn't need it as a lot of room between heating area and caps but I would be cussing for a while if not.
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And after some clean up the joint is barely visible. Even though it's getting yellow or black paint I was happy with it.
My honing and polishing station
Using stainless for the shafts, it actually looks more polished than pics show.