Reply to "Track pliers... which work best?"

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Originally posted by walt rapp:
What I usually do is to, using needle nose, compress the opening without a pin being in it, making the hole a bit too small. I then lightly tap the pin into the opening. This makes it about as tight as it can get.

I do the same thing, but I use the track pliers to squeeze them. Then I take the pin and tap it into the end with the side of the pliers, usually makes them nice and tight. Before inserting the pin, I dip it in some DeoxIT D5 to help conductivity.