I have an ad up on Kijiji saying that I will do electronic repairs. A local gentleman contacted me and said that he had an air hockey table that he had bought that had a broken connector on the controller board. I said I would take a look. I visited him and found that he was in his 80’s.
When I opened the controller this is what I found.
I assumed that he probably had the table for his kids or more likely grandkids to play when they visited.
Some super glue, a bunch of scraping, some small pieces of wire, and some careful soldering later and he’s back in business.
It turns out that he and his wife play air hockey from time to time.
Nice work! Repairing these old things always gives you that warm feeling, because this part would otherwise be impossible to replace.
Thanks. The gentleman had tried to find a replacement part but struck out. I honestly thought that it was a write off but the break was such that I could glue it and the repair actually turned out really well.