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Be wary of welding a hardened shaft unless you know exactly what you are doing , your mechanics advice is sound but does leave that aspect of uncertainty, you don't want to be outbush somewhere in the future and have it all go to crap on you .
The less invasive methods of Doms and your own would be better from my point of view .