Revisiting some of my earlier soldering

You don't realize just how far you come when it comes to repairs. 

I got this controller back in Scotland around 2009 or 2010. I wasn't soldering regularly other than my own little projects. Wasn't adding extra flux. Wasn't cleaning up flux residue from the solder I was using either. Was using a rubbish iron set too high, and lifted lots of pads. 

Went back and cleaned this up. Added some solder mask. I'll update the post later with the finished controller (and it's friend that I need to do. Should I pop pink or white lights into it?)

Another Christmas emergency

Trevor's kid really wanted to bring his switch to the last day of school tomorrow, but both his (rather awesomely coloured) joycons were drifting like mental. 

Quick 20 minutes later and they were like new again. 

I clean them up nicely as well as fixing them. 

Wii U Gamepad with faulty R shoulder bumper.

Didn't have the best time with this. The part I ordered was missing necessary holes around the exact part of it I was trying to fix. Had to punch some through with the help of a pilot hole maker. All buttons thankfully work now.