then i'll email him and try to let him take another whack at it. i know we've corresponded in the past, long long ago.

he was able to do an amazing hacky repair job on my rotary encoder... vibrations and such had gotten so bad that the entire knob had cracked off the board (taking the solder pads with it and everything) and he was able to run thin traces of copper wire to replace the missing circuit pathways. it's just what i would have done in such a desperate situation if i had steadier hands and a good work station.