I prefer to solder afterwards if I am using a brand of track that stays put after you bend it. With the springy stuff, it depends. How's that for an answer. As far as the electrical end of it, Alan Gartner says that everything should be soldered to something meaning if you don't solder the joint, have a feeder. If you solder your joints have a feeder every second section. I follow that formula and have never had an electrical issue. A little redundancy is in my nature.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
This is one of the issues I had when I started.
I worked and worked at getting the track curved and then soldered.
Then I joined the MR Forum, and read posts about soldering the track before curving it.
Thanks to this forum, my flextrack-laying life became much easier.
York1 John
I asked my doctor if I gave up delicious food and all alcohol, would I live longer? He said, "No, but it will seem longer."
FlattenedQuarter Or is this another stupid question lol?
Or is this another stupid question lol?
As we say in the UK 'No question asked is a stupid question'.
The only stupid question is the one not asked.
Happy modeling
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
the flex trax itself can have the curve started, but the last six inches or so should be straight to ensure a staight joint later in that area ...
the gap itself can be across from each other, or spaced a little, both methods are used ...
best results are obtained with track metal joined and then soldered in place
A long standing procedure
Has anybody tried soldering 2 pieces of flex track together before forming curve? Or is this another stupid question lol?