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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by KenLarsen ...Does somebody make a special-shaped clip to do what you're talking about?[/quote] Yes, it's called a [url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002ZPUIK/qid=1112787054/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3_etk-tools/104-6221628-2587112?v=glance&s=electronics&n=228013"]hemostat[/url]. You can usually find them in tool stores or go look in your kids sock drawer. Also a [url="http://www.ares-server.com/Ares/Ares.asp?MerchantID=RET01229&Action=Catalog&Type=Product&ID=60903"]Cross Locking Clamp[/url] will work. [quote]QUOTE: ..I check for that and cut/grind away the excess if necessary.[/quote] Sounds tedious. That might be easy to do in G scale, but HO? If your good enough to grind the excess wire off without touching the rail head, you must be a surgeon! [quote]QUOTE: what I really need is a way to guarantee good electrical connections to each block of track, without having to solder the track at the joiners.[/quote] You could use [url="http://www.discounttrainsonline.com/dto/item150-0842.html"] terminal joiners[/url] at every other joint as long as the rail is clean and the joiners tight.
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