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I get your point. But:
Why should the headtube deal with that force to the full extent, it would be more likely that the cup main section which is sticking out of the heattube and has quite thin walls would be stretched, too.
In the end, there is no way getting around trying it I guess ;)
At least nothing can go horribly wrong, i.e. there's no danger involved if the external cups should gradually go loose.
Of course brazing them to the headtube would be better but then I can't take them off anymore if I have another idea and also I would have to make them out of steel instead of aluminium which takes much more time and effort on the lathe, and theres the extra effort of brazing involved.
Just making two cups out of aluminium would be super easy and fast.