When you put a tack --- while it's still "hot" in that area -- just tap the metal down on either side of it (1/2" in either direction). Tack that newly closed up area and repeat....
I use a hammer like this.... doesn't take hardly any tapping because the metal moves nicely when it's heated from the tack...
Use the "pointy end" across (perpendicular to) the gap
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