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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 23, 2006 10:42 AM
INstalling Aristocraft Brass track using the little screws is a little difficult outside. What I did was place a high power magnet on the little screw driver from an old computer disk drive, this provided enough magetism for the little screw to stay on so I could screw the joints together.

Worked like a champ!!!!

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 23, 2006 10:52 AM
Am I wrong but aren't those screws stainless steel???????? It was stated as such on that other forum......
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Posted by markn on Tuesday, May 23, 2006 9:27 PM
Apparently not a high grade of SS if they are magnetic
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, May 24, 2006 8:11 AM
Yes, they are S.S. but there's enough other metal in them to stick to a strong magnet, beware though, they still fall off easy if you're not careful.

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, May 24, 2006 3:10 PM
I take my track up and put it down quite a bit as I take my trains camping with me a lot
I got pertty good at puting those little screws in , then i started useing split jaws
much easiser ..............
Ed

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