15 Mar
2010
15 Mar
'10
7:23 p.m.
Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 15 Mar 2010 at 21:09, Tony Duell wrote:
> I've certainly heard it called 'fish paper' over here. I am not sure
> if you can still buy it anywhere, if you can, I am looking for a
> source...
I thought old newspaper went with fish, or is that just cats.
AES still sells that and few other kinds of paper.
http://www.tubesandmore.com/
Also sometimes called "leatheroid", a name
about as mysterious as
"fish paper". I imagine that kraft or resin paper soaked with
beeswax or paraffin wax would do in a pinch.
I remeber winding my own RF coils on a wooden bobbin and boiling them
in beeswax. Great stuff, beeswasx.
What other uses do you it for other than candles?
BTW you can now get beeswax & foil capacitors again, fot the audio freaks.
I discovered that paper as an insulator in undersea
cables is useful
as if the outer jacket springs a leak, the paper will swell with the
moisture and prevent seawater from wicking the length of the cable.
I wonder when the last undersea cable was layed?
--Chuck
Ben...