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Padded C-Clamps
Often we have both hands busy holding a part and need two more hands to position a clamp and hold the wood pads in...
Efficient Glass Work
Here's a short little tip for making your composite work a little more efficient.
How many times have you started a work session by mixing...
Hinges For Your Homebuilt
Piano hinges find themselves in all kinds of places as we examine the structure of our homebuilt aircraft. Providing a pivoting mechanism for control...
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Opening Aluminum Angle
It is not uncommon when building an aluminum airplane to need to adjust the...
Design Process: Braced Wings
As we saw last month, the designer has two fundamental choices of wing structural...
