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Hi, I know what you mean! I'm (almost) at the same stage, and in an earlier incarnation used the *tiny* screw and brass 'strip' that are included with the Atlas 200 Snap Relay to connect power to the frog - I presume you've noticed the tiny hole in the frog itself - That's what it's for..... Unfortunately, the little screws and the brass strip (with it's threaded hole of course) only come with the relay - and between incarnations I (inevitably) lost one, and stripped another.... "No problem" I thought, ""I'll just solder directly to the frog." [Hopefully you're still with me here :-) ] I would also say at this point that I know how to solder. I'm pretty sure (I'm going to check but quit in disgust last night!) that the frog is made out of what we used to call "monkey metal" - No matter what flux (etc) used, the best you can do is get a joint that *appears* good (shiny, solid, etc) but can in fact be pulled apart by the breeze...... You can't weld it, and I don't think I'd even trust adhesives on the damn stuff! - It's horrible! [Any adhesive experts please jump in here - That may be the way to go?] The bad news, is that learning this melted some plastic (not much) which caused a short to the stock rail :-( So, my advise would be "don't even try it!"....... Get back if you want my (current) ideas on how to solve this (without buying an Atlas 200 for every T/O of course :-) Cheers, Ian
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