I Bought a FAULTY Golden Tee GOLF Thing | Can I FIX It?

[@StezStixFix]

Stupid Radica Golden Tee Golf Thing

[@Audit-The-Auditors-UK]

How did you get so lucky. I bet you thought you would be up all night for the fun or sun? LUCKY.😀

[@Caddy666]

i've got one of these. GTG is ace. its not a great version, purely because it misses out the really snarky annoucer voice over. " its in the drink"

[@imaginitivity7853]

I read that as GoldenEye golf and thought it was based on James Bond's retirement years

[@mwk1]

*GET IN!*

[@imaginitivity7853]

I was a bit surprised you bodged the wire externally, instead of just rewiring inside the unit

[@impr3ssion]

Your videos inspired me to bid on a junk auction for my dream guitar, and I was able to repair it. Here's a sincere thanks from Texas.

[@EikottXD]

Nice bro! Congrats from Houston 🤘🏻

[@somersetretrogames]

I hope it was a BC Rich

[@DeathMetalDerf]

That's fantastic, dude! Very well done indeed!

[@impr3ssion]

Thanks, y'all. It's a Casio EG-5, the weird one with a cassette player. 😅

[@Castlevanius]

Stupid Guitar~

[@mancaveretrogaming5245]

Used to love playing this in the pub, had no idea they made a home version!

[@StezStixFix]

Yeah, I vaguely remember the arcade version but hadn't seen this before either. It's good fun!

[@BIadesMan]

Yeah this was a favourite of mine when I was a young en.Good video my man.

[@TheBaldr]

@@StezStixFix Almost every sports bar in the US had a Golden Tee.

[@lukeb0030]

@@StezStixFix but also, a stupid game .. right ?

[@MisterZealot]

Nice! A bit of a tip on fixing cut cables I picked up somewhere. You don't cut both of the smaller cables in parallel but offset instead, so your heatshrinks won't be piled up together but one after the other, resulting in a much less bulkier fix in the cable radius. If you have room for it, that is.

[@ajspice]

Fuckin' genius! I'm stealing this idea.

[@MyRegardsToTheDodo]

I personally would have removed the damaged part of the cable from the mainboard, fiddled the good part through the protector and then soldered that to the mainboard. No heatshrink needed at all and considering the damaged part of the cable was so close to the protector, nobody would have noticed 5 or 10 centimeters missing.

[@MisterZealot]

@@MyRegardsToTheDodo putting aside that it sounds like a lot of work 😋, most protectors are fused to the cable. Aren't they?

[@MyRegardsToTheDodo]

@@MisterZealot No, normally they aren't, I've done that to a few older controllers, the cable breaking shortly before the protector is an extremely common problem with OG Xbox controllers for example. And it's really not much more work than what was shown in the video, I mean you have to strip the wires anyways to fuse them together with lead, but you'll also have to use quite a few pieces of heatshrinking tube.

[@MisterZealot]

@@MyRegardsToTheDodo Aha. Ok. Guess I never paid too much attention to them and assumed they were fix. Good to know.

[@ygstuff4898]

"You could say it was....par for the course." -- truly, this caused me pain in some form (haha). A simple, yet very enjoyable repair to watch (I personally struggle with very fine wires, so really appreciated watching the video cable repair)

[@Jesselovespinball]

Your fix it videos always make me laugh . Not only are they instructive, I appreciate your sense of humor. Keep them coming ! I’ve been with you since less then 5000 subscribers and I’m really happy to see how much your channel has grown!

[@Ea-Nasir_Copper_Co]

Love it, and at least it wasn't another USB or HDMI port. I love that KZbin hit me with multiple ads for golfing in Calgary during this video. I don't golf. I'm not in Calgary.

[@IceNein763]

When ever you splice multi-conductor cable, always stagger the splices by the length of each splice. That way the total thickness will be the thickness of the original cable plus one splice. It will barely be bigger than the cable originally was.

[@chrisj2848]

Nice Steve! Remember that golf is only a pretentious excuse to drink in public! VOS was awesome today too. 👍

[@StezStixFix]

😁 Thanks, Chris!

[@biggtiming4220]

''Par for the Course'' stares intently freaking hilarious If you ever quit what you doing to go do comedy I'd still be your number one fan.

[@kdub2757]

My bosses sister was the accountant for the company that created golden tee. The company went from a handful of people to hundreds when Golden Tee became a hit in all the bars. Takes me back to my bar going days.

[@novatriio]

This is why I love the internet 💀 An utterly random golf gadget being repaired out of a job lot found on eBay and someone who knows the company accountant for a company you’ve never heard of is just in the comments… (assuming you aren’t lying)

[@GameRaveTV]

The look you give after the pun was perfect.

[@wildcat650power]

Awesome video as always sir. The vinegar used to remove the corrosion is great. Please remember to wash the vinegar (acid) off with a bath of water and baking soda to properly nutralize the acid. Then use the 99.9% alcohol. I restore lots of Tomy robots and other retro electrinics and I paid the penalty for not neutralizing the acid residue fully on a few projects I did when I started the hobby. Anyways, love the personality and content you provide. Thanks again.

[@spartacusprimus8709]

Par for the course…nice. Great work Steve! You need some more challenges.

[@jeanrodrigues2021]

Just found this gem of a channel and now i can't stop watching!

[@misspacman82]

"Par for the course", that stare got me chuckling. Dad humor is strong with this one.

[@Tidder007]

Glad to see your daughter chipping in! 🤣

[@StezStixFix]

🤣

[@keelbyman]

😂

[@jadedrakerider]

Very cool. I picked up one of these faulty units, too. It has battery corrosion, but it seems to be getting power. No video though. I am going to play with it some more to see if I can get it working. If not, maybe I can hack the trackball for something else.

[@turks1966]

When you had this open it appeared as if one of the supports for the roller ball was broken inside the console, still very good job, really enjoy your videos.

[@jeroenpoortman2705]

I have never skipped any Rap Steve! I love your video's, keep going ♡

[@DigitalDiabloUK]

That looks fun. Worth replacing the cable with AV jacks to use standard AV cables?

[@walter9724]

I used to play the arcade version of this at my local arcade. I think it was a newer version as the graphics were way better. Was one of my favorite games to play there

[@djhev2787]

I liked the little nod to The Stranglers at the end 👏 👏

[@phildar4580]

Just came across your channel. I have absolutely no experience in electrical engineering, but love what you do, and how you do it :) Greetings from Denmark

[@kuma1388]

You closed it out with a cover of one of my favorite songs ever. Golden Brown

[@Wanton110]

I have one of these, one of the inexplicable mainstays of pubs around here were goldentee arcade machines..

[@Andoryuuu]

Love the "Golden Brown" cover at the end.

[@bufordmaddogtannen]

I usually loosen up that kind of strain relief with hot air, then it would be a matter of pulling the cable in to hide the fix, or resolder it internally, on a case by case basis.

[@doughy67]

yep thats what i would of done

[@andybracken1627]

This was an arcade classic back in the day! Top work as always dude

[@cavauro]

7:39 little water spots inside the casing right before you place it back over top

[@Rob_M_Jr]

@cavauro it wouldn't be water, he was using isopropyl alcohol to clean the board. It evaporates in less than a minute after its applied.

[@Allerick178]

Nice work Steve.

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks Frederick! 😊

[@michaeldouglas7796]

nice touch with a bit of stranglers...

[@rhinox3474]

I got the same item at a thrift store the other day. batteries were corroded and fuzed. Luckily it didn't eat the contacts too bad. All those plug and play games people always leave batteries in them.

[@SparksNZeros]

usually those types of strain reliefs you can desolder the cable from the board, pull the cable through the relief, cut out the damage and then feed the healthy cable back through and resolder to the board for a cleaner repair.

[@rciancia]

That was a Grand Par said ,Grandma - nice fix - stupid game

[@StezStixFix]

😅

[@Folk_var]

That's a great game. Nice fix.

[@BrendyNew]

I want this!!! Used to love this game in the pubs in the States

[@Manu-nr1yt]

You should clean out the vinegar with a lot of water if possible. The acid is able to eat away the chrome coating of the contacts. To prevent this it should be neutralized somehow as soon as it did its job.

[@peterwilliams8922]

Well I learned something. I've never been good at hearing lyrics, crap actually. So I was very happy to see the line 'with my mind she runs' from Golden Brown, I always thought the song was about machine guns. :D

[@jerofld]

Steve, one thing I like to do when soldering wires like that is to form hooks in the braided wire (and the shield) then use the hooks to give both sides support. Just folding the wire onto itself for a little bit will make a decent hook and then they can be hooked on the other wire and "handshake" a bit. Twisting them together helps after they're hooked together, as well, then solder and cover with the shrink tubing. Anyways, thx for the video!

[@Metalborn710]

Yeah thats the way. Those splices he did wont hold up long!

[@MrTimsvids]

Hi Stez, any chance of a "champion the wonder horse" as an outro, it would make my day!!

[@CubixFails]

Haven't seen your vids in a bit, but always glad to see you posting x

[@TravisKmeow]

Music today was 10/10, great work Steve! Say hi to Dave for me

[@CTCTraining1]

Good fix Steve, and the world needs more alcohol-> tea song lyric transformations 👍😀

[@tedtester2794]

oh boy that cable soldering gave me the shivers :D

[@yourdad8228]

This video was Par for the course. Excellent as always!

[@ronlevin2339]

I usually use 1 to 5% sollution of TCA or TFA in water, works and clean much faster that vinegar

[@jasoncombs994]

Thoughts on how to get better movement with the trackball?

[@andrewbailey6382]

Hi Ste do you know what the diameter of the adonstar microscope bracket is. I'm looking at buying one, but think an articulated arm, would be better. I know you made some adjustments to your original scope, so any help would be much appreciated, regards Andy

[@krahwinkel9503]

Next career incoming: Golf Pro ! Very well done, thanks

[@SuperDarren79]

Pat for the course deserved a like 😂

[@Dukefazon]

Ohh, Steve... I would just rinse the vinegar and only THEN clean it with alcohol. You need to dilute that strong vinegar, in fact, baking soda+water is the best to neutralize vinegar. I suggest you cut the bad video cable part and pull the cable inside the unit and no one will know it was repaired. Patching the wire looks kinda gross. You can pull out the old piece of wire from the strain relief and use it again easily.

[@send9]

There's never a frown with your golden channel

[@BrunakoPAO]

Funny to see the voltage dropping because of bad connections, didn’t know it would have this behavior. Easy quick fix again Steve 😅 hey can’t you come up with more difficult stuff ? 😁

[@reneschoolderman7835]

Keep up the good work! Always a laugh and something to learn

[@chrise.2495]

Golden Brown.... Beautiful song

[@barttenbrinke2155]

Waiting for the lyrics to drop to push that 👍 button 👌

[@kiphakes]

LET'S GOOO!!!

[@RickLogan]

On the cable, I would have cut it like you did, but then open it back up, and solder to the board.

[@theecrazyoldgamer8770]

I enjoy watching your videos. I find them informative and fun to watch. my best to dave. Thank you and have a great morning/afternoon/evening = )

[@jakubmentel4329]

And i thought i cant solder wires 😂 Even master have problem with that. Lot of love Man !! Keep doing what u do !!

[@pedromimoso8804]

Just great, Steve! Nice adapatation até the end! 😂

[@JoshuaJonah]

Usually if you wiggle those supposedly "molded" strain reliefs around you can get the wire sliding in it. The better way to handle this guy would have been to do that and pull 2" of wire back into the box and make new internal connections. But what do I know.

[@theKluck]

I’m once again here for the awesome rap. It’s cool that he fixes stuff too though.

[@Effect2o]

Another great video!! Thank you and keep them coming!!

[@Chrish1981]

Gooood job, damn cords getting caught in crap, great video! And par for the corse was a pretty good dad joke 😂

[@mtshark7]

Nicely done Steve!

[@rubberduck4966]

without SMD soldiering and no SOLID Test this video is only half the genious than others from you

[@Mr_Brainz]

Rap soundtrack is the same one Tito on Retro Renew uses for his outro. You turned it into a full on banger 😂

[@finjibuns]

No way. I've been working my way through your videos and I actually have one of these I bought at a bootsale, plugged the wrong power supply into it and it popped. Maybe this video will help me fix it 🤞🏼 Edit - should have watched the video first as I would have realised you don't actually ever look at the board as it was a battery compartment corrosion fix 🙄😄. Stupid you tube

[@mattsephton]

I successfully replaced the tiny batteries in my Bluetooth headphones using my mates setup that is similar to yours. We are both inspired by your repairs! ps: my soldering was average

[@RaekenZayt]

Lmao, never change brother, the jokes are part of the experience I wouldn't miss. Keep em comin!

[@HankPanky]

Done it myself many times, but I hate using geat shrink in that way.

[@DEEZENUTZ69]

Head shrink tubes are the bandaids of cables

[@custommadeknives]

ive just got home to find id been burgled and then dealing with the police for hours , this has cheered me right up stez watching on my phione as they took my tv 🤣 gotta laugh or id cry thanks for the video mate

[@5UJ0026]

Hey Mate.. Love your work been watching you for over a year now.. Was wondering I know this is a long shot but would take a look at my Nintendo Ds Lite for me please?

[@james3418]

Your Raps are epic mate love em

[@Thailandescapades]

What a one liner to finish …. Gold 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@theforthdoctor7872]

Come on Steve, you can recycle the strain relief gland. I did it loads of times.

[@Bryan21381]

Never thought of asking this, but did you test if the game works while plugged in but the LED light not working. Sometimes that could be a thing.

[@FrankWoodPhotography]

Par for the course. Quality!!

[@BristlyBright]

You put a smile on my face! Thank you!!

[@craiggilchrist4223]

you should use a pc power supply an connect a 12v fan to draw the smoke away.

[@craiggilchrist4223]

I was playing golden tee the other day on arcade and trackball.

[@Lee_Essex]

That game wasn’t stupid, you were really enjoying it. 😂

[@Smuttleydog]

I like the easy ones , makes me more confident to have a go :)

[@tomleech9753]

Had you considered since it was so close to the relief, cutting the relief, then pulling the cable through it, doing the repair, then gluing the relief back to the wire? That's how I do it, but I might have a problem with making things look perfect. :)

[@andyovenstone9305]

how do you get away with your quality covers? i love your stuff...

[@meesix]

Guys, what does Mr. Oizo mean? (Thank you for the video, Steve)

[@TheB100NL]

whats the effect called at 0:33 with the batteries?

[@wisher21uk]

Great fix well done 😊

[@chimestrike]

What a classic game, now I need to hunt mine out of the loft

[@samuraidriver4x4]

I would say this repair is on par with your others.

[@CrashHeadroom]

*awards golf clap of acceptance for the goldblum line lol*

[@garydobbs2085]

On only post a video every two weeks now you don't need us. Just be careful Steve. It can change over night

[@peterjarnes25]

You rock brother!

[@Nobe_Oddy]

- - - - PAUSE the video @ 12:00 - THAT should be THE NEW CHANNEL PIC!!! lol Thanks for the video... you ALWAYS brighten up my Saturday's!!! :D

[@weniard]

Nice job Steve :)

[@Fr0stByte917]

Nice fix. I would of cut out the bad spot and pulled it into the device and fixed inside to "hide" the splice or what not. But whatever works! =0)

[@ahndeux]

Some of the stress reliefs are molded into the cable, so it may not be as easy as you say.

[@nyc443]

Im waiting on a Meta Quest 2 fix it video. Hopefully some time soon