P-Henny Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 The link I gave you to Amazon takes you to a 2.5g pack of silver conductive epoxy for £18. @t.c. and 3Link - Did you notice the delivery charge on that Amazon linked page. The product was £18, but the delivery charge from the USA to the UK was quoted as £171. It was the same seller and the same product with the same delivery charge I saw previously listed in another Amazon search result for £2K+. The listed price seems to go up and down like a YoYo. I suspect it is on one of those Amazon auto-adjusting, based upon views, price calculators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topcat2018 Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 @PHoops! Didn't realise it was a US supplier. Same thing happens on Ebay with some goods from abroad, tempting price, ridiculous shipping costs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 Pricing is crazy on that stuff, from £68 to well over £2.5k. JB Weld is much cheaper as it contains steel not gold/silver, but might do the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threelink Posted October 10, 2023 Author Share Posted October 10, 2023 @Topcat, PH and 96RAF,Yes, I did see the delivery charges. I read a review of the JB Weld which seemed to indicate that it would not be suitable for the particular repair involved so I went for the soft option of standard epoxy and hardwiring the pony truck to the chassis. Worked like a charm, though it is non-original. The budget I mentioned (£12.00 per loco) is entirely self imposed. I like a challenge and am averse to spending a lot on a hobby ( it's a generation thing and I'm just a mean old man). Wonderful as today's r-t-r offerings are, it has to be said that they are largely indistinguishable from my mongrels at normal viewing distance. I will not spend £120.00 on a loco when I can get much the same for £12.00.I have much appreciated all comments on this topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threelink Posted November 1, 2023 Author Share Posted November 1, 2023 As a follow up to this post I have learned that a mixture of graphite (ground up pencil lead) baking powder and liquid super glue apparently makes an electrically conductive filler. I have not yet tried it but shall do so when next I have a repair requiring such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brew Man Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 Yes, I've heard of people using pencil lead for home made resistors. I'd rather just buy ready made ones laughing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 Baking soda and superglue is an often seen hack for all sorts of repairs. There is obviously chemical magic afoot in that combination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threelink Posted November 1, 2023 Author Share Posted November 1, 2023 Super glue plus baking soda or salt or cement or sawdust apparently works well as a filler but only the graphite makes it electrically conductive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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