An entirely non-heat method, often used as a cheaper repair ( compared to welding ) on car sheet metal body work is to use a high quality body filler. You would want some sort of backing in the hole first to support it. Maybe a carefully placed piece of fibreglass cloth secured inside the hole, around the inner edges, with epoxy. Body filler is easy to sand to match the contours of the top tube.
Last edited by redshift1; 04-09-22 at 10:06 PM.
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