I'm in the process of building a 16x16x16 LED cube and am looking for a way to connect two wires at a 90 degree angle (e.g. +) without soldering them together. The connection does not need to be electrical, it can be structural only. The reason I don't want to solder them is that I'm constructing the cube as 16 vertical planes. If and LED goes out somewhere in the middle of the cube, I'd like to be able to take the entire 16×16 plane out, fix it and put it back. The 16×16 planes will be soldered, as will at least one horizontal connection on each level, but I need more horizontal connections for structural support and don't want to try de-soldering a joint in the middle of the cube.
Electronic – Ideas to connect wires at 90deg without solder
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Best Answer
The first thing I would try is a spring, like the ones used in those old Radio Shack electronics kits from the 80's.
If you can source one long enough, then it might be pretty easy to remove a wire from the middle, provided that you have reasonable spacing between layers.
Maybe some continuous-length extension springs from McMaster will do the trick.