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Slightly Better Welders

Tweaks large grid welders to increase their welding radius from the default
2.26m to 2.65m.

This makes them easier to use in printers, which have trouble with blocks
like lights, LCD panels, and gatling turrets. These blocks require the
welder to be outside the block's voxels to place the block, but then within
the model's bounding box to finish the weld. The default radius makes it
difficult for an automatic printer to position the welder to both place and
weld these blocks. Increasing the weld radius just slightly makes positioning
less critical while not making welders too overpowered.

The screenshots used the BuildInfo mod to visualize the welding radius.
The first (thumbnail) image shows the radius with the mod installed. The
second shows the default radius. Notice how with the mod, the armor block
is weldable but at the stock radius it is not.