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My JFJ Easy Pro has been out of commission for many years due to the hinges being held together by super glue (some previous owner, some me keeping it limping along). This is an entry level professional device. Replacement parts have been unobtainable until recently because no shipping to the UK.

The original is pretty disgusting and beyond repair. The company now ships to the UK, but the part is $55 and shipping is $83.64 to $111.78, excluding taxes and duty. But, they have an affiliated eBay page...which includes eBay global shipping as an option. This shipping is $10.82. 😂

So, a couple of weeks later, it turns up. Total $78.99 (£61.15 including VAT). Hilarious.

Sadly not quite out of the woods; taking the old pins out for the lid caused some cracks to occur (as they were glued in). I've super glued the cracks for now which is under enough pressure that it should not be an issue. Machine cleaned up to the best of what I can be bothered with.

With the glue cured, new lid goes on. Will test when health allows but it's in a much better state to be able to save some discs again.

Test disc, my Aqua Kitty DX soundtrack which I use for all my CD related testing. A bit worse for wear given the abuse it sustained (including getting jammed in a LaserActive). Took a bit of time to get back into the swing of things. Despite being "Easy" there is still a learning curve per disc.

Smooth pass (sanding).

Sanding done. Onto buffing with compound #1 for 1 min. Far too much compound being used here than normal but the pad needs to be resaturated after having many years of non-use.

Buffing pass with compound #1.

Very messy. Wear gloves as this stuff sucks the moisture out of your skin. Onto buffing with compound #2 (separate pad) and then a final polish by hand with the JFJ anti static spray.

Onto the real test, a PS1 game that has a deep scratch in the protective layer causing it to not load properly. With PS1 discs like this, you have to sand it out carefully in 20 sec passes allowing it to cool down or the coating will delaminate from the disc causing major damage.

Took nearly 40mins (allowing cool down between passes) to successfully restore this game (which belongs to a friend).

Another game taking barely 10mins to restore as only needed a single sanding pass on smooth. Very little compound needed versus starting now as well.