10-21-2009, 10:25 PM
I don't add wire at the joints and I try not to have blobs of solder -- it should disappear inside. If you had wire jumpers it would be around expansion joints and the actual joint shouldn't be solid.
When I solder feeder wires I have a ton of assorted clips. There are soldering tweezers made of some material that doesn't take solder; I've found that most other tweezers will solder up. When I'm soldering up I may have a ton of metal bits around the joint -- tweezers, clamps and heat sinks. I like to tin the wire and the side of the rail. I take the straight bare end of the wire and make a slight bend in it so that there is a spring that holds the wire against the rail; sometimes I spike the wire to hold it as I solder.
When I solder feeder wires I have a ton of assorted clips. There are soldering tweezers made of some material that doesn't take solder; I've found that most other tweezers will solder up. When I'm soldering up I may have a ton of metal bits around the joint -- tweezers, clamps and heat sinks. I like to tin the wire and the side of the rail. I take the straight bare end of the wire and make a slight bend in it so that there is a spring that holds the wire against the rail; sometimes I spike the wire to hold it as I solder.
David
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.