Make a million at York? Smoke unit repair

Yeah if I volunteered the only smoke would be coming out of my ears!

How would those attending be advised of the service being available? Since it's a money making set up they would have to pay for an advertisement. Not in the meet flyer as it would open a Pandora's Box.

contact Wayne Renga at J&W Electronics. When I have a repair I send it to him before York and usually pick up at his booth at York. Great work, reasonable prices and his integrity is beyond most.  Highly recommended

C'mon Gerry, tearing into those smoke units is fun. I have gotten to know some of mine very well!

For me that falls into the maintenance part of the hobby. (But I will admit to turning them off when I get tired of ALL the maintenance.) 

Well, if we're suggesting 'scooter repair', how about 'servicing' crop-dusters? 

Seriously, however, to those who can't fathom this idea of a convention repair biz, consider Tony's Train Exchange business at the Amherst Show(Springfield, MA) in January...he installs DCC decoders for the 2-rail crowd.  It's been a few years since I was last there, but it was an impressive operation when I last saw it!  I'm assuming he yet provides this show service?  Very handy for those who come prepared to take advantage.  I mean, there would have to be some limits to what could be done in a couple days, of course, but with some advertising you could probably keep quite busy!  Light bulbs, traction tires, lube job, coupler repairs, roller replacement, wheel-cleaning, etc., etc..  Hey, why not? 

Good thread!  Good idea!  Will be interesting to see if anything comes of it!

KD