Shop Talk

How do you turn out non-cylindrical objects with your lathe? Why, by using a four-jaw chuck, of course. And there's a way to effectively employ that 'ole' adjustable wrench that might have escaped you for years; by Bob Fritz.

Maintenance matters.

I want to present a strategy and method to get a few more prospective airplane builders off the fence and into the workshop. This...

Anyone who knows me is familiar with my love of homemade tools. It comes from my dad. He was a blacksmith in my youth,...

Author Jim Weir explains his preparation for the installation of an energy-efficient power system for a hangar or building shed-all on a shoestring budget. He explains how to choose equipment, calculate power needs, the right light fixtures, power generation, equipment suppliers and prices, and the basic legality of such systems;

Often we have both hands busy holding a part and need two more hands to position a clamp and hold the wood pads in...

Kind of hard to see any nav light or strobe light through this lens! The culprit was the failed strobe bulb, but the real...

Pitted wheel bearing cup.

Break out your laptops, iPhones and iPads. There is a new batch of apps and other software that can help pilots chart their course when traveling cross-country.

Because of their extremely low operating current, digital multimeters do not do a good job of measuring resistance in the field circuit of...