No, I don’t get involved in repairs I’m not engaged to undertake. 

Read this FAQ for more about why, but here are the key reasons:

1. I can only offer assistance with equipment I have inspected
2. I already offer a ton of free assistance and information via this website
3. My work/ideas/assistance is often used for commercial gain without acknowledgement
4. I have more than enough to do already without helping other repairers!

In all seriousness, I’ve lost track of how many times people have told me “their technician” asked them to contact me, only to discover that these enquirers are technicians or store owners trying to steal my time by misrepresenting their situation. This gets old pretty quickly.

I get nothing from these interactions, so helping people who ask this, and the related “Can you help me fix my equipment?“, is not high on my list of priorities when I have a workshop full of customer equipment to repair.