![Trimming composites gets the full PPE job. [Credit: Eric Stewart]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/7-2.jpg?w=534&h=462&crop=1 "A Few of My Favorite Tools")
![Lowell Farrand spent years serving as an FAA DAR and is in the EAA Hall of Fame. He offers sound advise to builders. [Credit: Bill Wilson]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/unnamed-4.jpg?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "Think Like a Builder")
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Back Riveting Universal Rivets
We've all had one of those parts to rivet. The squeezer won't fit, so it has to be the gun and bar, but...
Affordable Borescope
Longtime airplane builder Ed Zaleski manipulates the borescope to get the proper image on the computer screen and then clicks the mouse to...
Making a FABulous Project
This month we are going to wrap up the LED lighting project and (another Weir two-fer) give you a way of making all future...
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NEXRAD for Kit Aircraft Drivers
Free access to weather information can be a tremendous safety tool for wise, cautious pilots.