15 Mar
2010
15 Mar
'10
5:20 p.m.
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...
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.
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.
--Chuck