Shop Talk

Installing small screws into the tight confines of a deep avionics tray is a challenge that can be both annoying and frustrating.

Placing drilled holes exactly where you want them.

OK, I’ll admit it. Back in the fifth grade my parents gave me a wood-burning set for Christmas. Now, they pretty much knew they...

Gnarly good knurls.

Counterbore sets (front left, and back) typically cover a basic range of sizes for standard socket head screws and bolts. Counterbores with interchangeable...

Because of their extremely low operating current, digital multimeters do not do a good job of measuring resistance in the field circuit of...

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...

A little over five years ago I wrote a maintenance article dealing with troubleshooting starter problems. The gist of the article was don’t assume poor...