Shop Talk

Leaking brake calipers will not only deplete the brake fluid, but the fluid will be absorbed by the brake pads and adversely affect braking...

This month’s home shop project was suggested by Matt Burch. Matt sent a couple of photos of a cool time-saving tool he made to...

Plane and simple.

Plunge into drilling accurate holes for fasteners in mating parts.

An RV-10 owner recently brought his airplane to the shop due to high CHTs. He also mentioned that the problems started after the panel...

Diodes started off life fairly simply. Take an AC signal and convert it to a DC signal. Simple, huh?

Having a machine shop means never having to say, “I can’t make that.” That occurred to me one afternoon when I was making a sprocket....

From a construction standpoint this ultralight design is quite unusual in some ways and very traditional in others.

Cut large holes in thin material freehand.

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