Shop Talk

Jim Weir offers a solution for how to regain reception when your rubber ducky antenna fails.

Jim Weir describes some close encounters with power regulators of the plastic and metal-can kind.

Restrictor fittings that are easy to make.

In the next installment of KITPLANES Firewall Forward sponsored by Tempest editor at large Paul Dye takes a close look at intake and exhaust...

Part 1: Do-it-yourself epoxy flooring.

For most people, 10 are enough. Laying out a PC board, you’ve got a few more. Remember, now, I’m trying to show you the basics...

Ever wonder why static systems often start to leak after a couple of years? See the little plastic insert between the two tubes in...

Use magnets to clamp parts.

Laying out rivet patterns can take a lot of time, especially when the drawings specify distances from a leading edge or other reference mark,...

Boring on the vertical.