The 3-step Process To Repair Any Vintage

Mark reveals his 3-step process to repairing any vintage electronic device like a pro.

[MendItMark]

Want to Master the art of electronic repair?

[darrylr]

It's easy: 1. Package in in a box, 2. Send box to Mark, 3. Pay for repair

[dragoscucu]

Never thought that repairing electronics can make you so happy, until I found this channel.

[thenflywjaz]

Very inspiring. I disassembled a dead classroom tape recorder / pa for a friend today. Since he'd already written it off, I decided there was nothing to lose by attempting to repair it. I poked around with a plastic straw and discovered the fault was a dry joint on the main amplifier board. Power light came back on, and the audio burst back to life. Once I'd removed the power amp module and flipped it over I discover two dry joints which I resoldered. Mark, you're an inspiration. Thank you very much.

[rafammbass]

I will be forever grateful to Tom Evans for bringing me to this channel. 😂😂😂

[rgbplumbinghilton]

This is one of the best electronics channel on Internet period!! Easy to follow and some great tips about the process.

[Barbarapape]

Having recently retired after 53 years repairing consumer electronics at last i can pick and chose
which jobs to accept and not having to worry about ensuring every one of them results in a profit
takes away the stress that can make this line of work a bit daunting.
I was lucky in that i attended tech college for the theory and worked full time learning the skills
to find faults to component level without replacing every component on the board, only to find it
it was only a hairline crack in the print.
Good luck to anyone taking up this rewarding career even if only as hobby, it can earn you a nice level of income.
Mark is one of the best you will find, stick with him as he shows that it is not a dark art.

[jonahyue]

In my opinion your are the best repair tech on YT. The fact you manufacture parts when they are unavailable puts you on another level. Thank you for all your videos!

[IanScottJohnston]

During Mark's intro I was waiting and hoping he would say the No.1 step was to 'replicate the customers he did. Soooo important!

[MVVblog]

I think we have the new king of youtue in electronics, for me the number 1 channel in the world!

[ImolaS]

I started my electronics technician apprenticeship 44 years ago and it is wonderful to see someone with your skills developing this new course. So much has been lost over the years on the way to a disposable electronics industry

[dvohwinkel]

Mark, I feel that you undervalue what you bring to your videos and your repairs. You are an artist. We have watched you redo the windings of multiple motors, remake knobs, make pcb traces the OLD school way, etc.. I think your new venture will be HUGELY successful because you are a joy to watch and you have such a relaxing way of teaching/explaining.

[SassyXR]

I don't know if you'll read this Mark but I've been right into electronics since i was 8, I'm now 46 and my obsession has never stopped, it does at times though get put aside. You're videos are absolutely brilliant in every way and thanks to you my obsession is now through the roof. I'm buying equipment, tools ect and I'm turning my garage into a electronic repair centre! haha thanks mate from a fan down under.

[andrewpoxon]

I've only just stumbled on your videos and it HAS reignited my interest in this stuff. I'm 68 so it's never too late.

[patmat.]

You're the true ecologist, not only for the scrap you prevent at your repairman scale, but for awareness and satisfaction of repairing things at the world scale through this channel.

[stevefoudray]

Electronic repair helped my shop survive COVID when live sound production shutdown. Mend it Mark has been added to my top channels among Mr Carlson’s Lab, W2AEW, Electronics for the Inquisitive Experimenter.

[HannekeStorm]

Mark, i'am in on this! I'm a autodidact technician with diy audio building experience. Worked for a amplifier company here in my city. And worked for 20 years as a sound engineer. But first the money goos to vacation. Hope to join in later on!

[CaberFeidh]

I have been in the industry since the mid 1980's, seen many changes, and hired/worked with many, many, many, techs.

I am completely, and dearly impressed with both your technique, and abilities. Much respect. Now you need to work on that accent so I don't have to use subtitles :)

[DrRock]

Thanks to Mark I have fixed my Nakamichi 680zx. It wouldn’t play. So I took the covers off and found a big white plastic toothed cogwheel wasn’t fully rotating round to where it should go to. It was moved by a square section belt fed by a small pulley wheel. The pulley wheel would start to move, but there wasn’t enough grip/friction between the wheel and belt to work, and the pulley wheel would keep spinning. So I prised the belt off, hung it on a screw thread poking though a bulkhead, got some fine sandpaper, made the pulley wheel rotate and gave it a gentle clean. Put the belt back on and now it plays 😍 All thanks to Mark for showing how to go about diagnosing and investigating these electronic gizmos 👏👏

[richardbrobeck]

Great Video Mark ! I have been repairing equipment for over 30 years and I still am learning !