You can repair tracks with a 2B pencil if they carry very low current. The repair will not be durable, and only works for low current tracks (like those going to LCD segments). Silver conductive paint works well and is as expensive as you said it is. imho, buy a new, better calculator for the money & time. Peter -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.