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Be careful when routing SCAT tubing close to metal structures like engine mounts. The hard spring wire can actually cut through the 4130 engine mount...

A faster way to add rivet holes to piano hinge.

Now the exceedingly popular and extraordinarily useful 11-part Build YourSkills: Metal Series is available as a single PDF. This must-have additionto your library was written by RV-7 builder Dan Checkoway and carefullyillustrated for first-time metal-workers and old hands alike. Mosteverything you need to now, from material handling and cutting to deburring,drilling and riveting is in this series.

There are a number of things you will get good at when building an airplane. At or near the top of the list is...

Riveting soft materials.

Acrylic windshield restoration.

Get it right the first time. By KITPLANES® Staff.

Best practices for driving round-head rivets with a squeezer.

I like to use white melamine-faced particle board for my worktables. The tabletops are smooth and hard and easy to clean or drill holes...

This month I’m taking a step back from doing the usual aircraft-related project to look at some “off the grid” projects that take advantage...