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Let’s talk about what makes a diode—what the physical makeup of a diode really looks like on the inside.

Beachball bingo.

Placing drilled holes exactly where you want them.

So, you've got your pretty airplane all fitted out with antennas. In metal ships, you've bolted them to the exterior of the airframe* and...

The pitot-static system is usually one of those items appearing on your to-do list when you are at the point of being 90% done...

Forming a Composite Blister.

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.

Spline-al tap.

Daily grind.

In this first installment of the upholstery series, the author looks at the basics: sewing machines, scissors, needles and thread, and more.