Shop Talk

Honing and lapping are similar inasmuch as both employ abrasive action to remove metal and refine the finish of the surface that’s being honed...

You can do two things that will extend your engine’s life more than any others: Fly your airplane regularly and change your oil as...

The freedom to roll your own electrical system means you can make things very simple or very complex as desired.

In the first episode of the new KITPLANES Metal Magic video series, our host Paul Dye, multi-time builder and former NASA Flight Director, takes...

In this episode of our video series, Paul Dye describes some of the common tools a builder of a metal airplane will use. This series...

That is what PC means, yes? No. It’s short for printed circuit. And the first attempts at making boards were actually made by spraying...

Blind rivet nuts, also called rivnuts, rivet nuts or insert nuts, are a clever way to add threaded bosses to thin-wall sheet metal structures...

The connector in the left photo was discovered on the back of an autopilot control head that was intermittent. D-subs require a backshell (right...

There is so much to learn by simply observing the handiwork of others. Some builders are just plain creative when it comes to organizing...

It pays to get good with drilling because you'll be doing a lot of it.