Grounding sabre sockets

[whtouche]

Now I know when using foil 2 prong sockets on a sabre you have to ground it for it to work correctly, and Ive never encountered this problem as when I used 2 prong I would order sabre specific sockets. But I've made the switch to bayonet and I love it except the comparative complexity of the socket.
Running a wire from the screw on the side to the base of the blade grounds it, but this is an annoying use of time. My two questions are now:

1) Why is it not grounded automatically? It seems that the socket itself where connected to the blade should ground it. Perhaps this screw on the side isn't touching a different part of the socket where a connection needs to be made(in which case wouldn't it make sense to fix it so it's already grounded?)

and 2) Is there any way to ground it besides the wire? I have seen people use tape to ground their bayonet sockets, something about insulating...some part of it so that it isn't touching...something else..
Can anyone clarify?
Thanks

[DHCJr]

I assume you are speaking of Leon Paul. You should do what you did for 2-prong, but Sabre specific sockets. They do sell those. You can tell them at a glance. They do not have the screw, nor any place to put the screw.

How they make them is to have a brass base, rather than a plastic base. There are several methods of grounding a Leon Paul connector. The best way is to remove the screw and solder a wire from the screw hole to the bracket. A quick fix, but not the best is run a wire under the screw and the other end under the bracket and tighten down.

I have been trying to get the bases from Leon Paul without success. So you can either but new Sabre connectors or use the wire.

[prototoast]

Yeah, basically you just need to use some form of metal. Once you have something in place, you can usually solder it for good measure, or just tape it.