Anyone handy with a soldering iron? Or knows an electronics repair shop?

I think I could do better if I did it again. Hadn’t soldered anything in quite a while. And never anything this fiddly.

It’s a Fuzz Face pedal. The gadget that gave Jimi Hendrix his tone. Supposed to distort the guitar in a pleasing way but it actually does nothing. Let’s the undistorted signal through, then when you hit the foot switch it just cuts out entirely.

I'm trying to follow the board vs. the schematic (and failing) but assuming you've got everything in the right spot, the soldering ain't gonna help. Checked the rails haven't been joined with overflow? Or the component legs themselves aren't shorting?

Is one of the transistors facing the wrong way?

The diag has them same direction, but from the pic it looks like one is arse about.

Yeah q2?

Have you got a multimeter?

Can loan a multimeter if you need to borrow one @Sparky (whilst maintaining social distancing)

Soldering ironists, I need help!

I have a doodad that I wish to re-house which has these three buttons on the back of it (circled). I wish to disconnect these and replace them with the microswitches pictured and relocate them on the new housing.

I'm 99% certain the buttons are only momentary (holding them longer has no additional functions).

Can someone advise me on the appropriate way to go about this?

I can solder ok, it's more the re-wiring I'm struggling with.

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Basically thread title. I'd need 4 wires be soldered on a small circuit (di2 switch), but not confident enough in my soldering skills. Anyone for beerz/cash/forum donation?

Given that the last post 2 years ago didn't seem to garner any responses this might be a pointless dredge but,

I took a gamble on this little 'untested' Minox Leica on ebay and it is dead as a dodo.

I opened it up and found one of the two wires which connect a smaller board with two contacts, accessible on the bottom of the camera to main board was broken so I've resoldered that but still no bueno.

Beyond a visual inspection I'm pretty much out of my depth so does anyone that's handy with electronics fancy taking a look at it and I'll reimburse with beers/cash/donation?

I'd have to send it to you as I'm in Glasgow.

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Hello all, don't know if anyone can assist - I have a 6+ year old Revo radio that we love, but we had a power cut the other week and when the power came back on... it didn't!

I'm hoping it's repairable, Revo say that as it's more than 6 years old they won't look at it, does anyone know and can recommend anywhere North Londony that might be able to help?

How easy it is the open up?

If you are anywhere near Waltham Forest, there are regular fixer cafes. As luck would have it, the 12th of November is Radio day! @theflatboy

12th November 2024 6:30pm – 9:00pm
Repair Club at The Mill: Radios
7-11 Coppermill Lane, London E17 7HA
A skill-sharing session for fixers
If you are a fixer and have any questions before the session, please get in touch at ForestFixers@Outlook.com (please do not use this address if you want something fixed)

All straightforward, small allen key bolts holding the back on so all comes off for access without issue. I know this because I opened it up to look myself then remembered I didn't have a clue what I was doing so put it all back together!

This is excellent, thank you - may see if I can make that work!

There's another one a few days after:

19th November 2024 6:30pm – 9:30pm
Evening Repair Café at The Mill
7-11 Coppermill Lane, London E17 7HA
If you wish to bring a broken gadget (toaster, blender, lamp, radio, kettle etc) to this event, please just walk in. Please come before 20:45 as it does take some time to fix stuff!
If you want something fixed and have a query, please contact us on ForestFixers@gmail.com as there are two of us monitoring this email account.
If you would like to come and fix with us, please drop a line to ForestFixers@Outlook.com (please do not use this address if you want something fixed)

Great thanks!