[subir]

This takes DIY to the next level! Can someone point me to more of this person's works?

In retrospect, was resurrecting the dying board with a "transplant" the best solution? Harvesting the components and etching a fresh board seems to be a time-effective and more robust solution. Maybe the author chose to do it anyway just because...

[ilyasimenko]

I think I have found this guy. I went one step upper in the URL (https://home.comcast.net/~rburn/) and then walked down the links here: https://home.comcast.net/~rburn/metalsculpture/content/me.ht... The first Wayne Martin in Google search results for "Wayne Martin PCB rework" query is https://www.linkedin.com/pub/wayne-martin/49/4b2/506

[jacquesm]

Note the large number of surface mount components on the one side of the PCB. Initially I though just like you did, then I noticed the component count and realized this really was the quickest way to get back to a working machine.

Besides, other components might fail during the harvesting.