[Boatanchors] On Coils and the Making Thereof

[Drew P.]

Michael Tauson wrote: 

> Back before time when I was making receivers from 1930s Gernsback publications, one of the things I did was to make coil forms by finding something a decent amount under the final coil form diameter (which was mostly guesswork), wrap it in waxed paper then wrap lengths
of newsprint that had been precut to the width I needed around it. The layers were "glued" to the previous ones using spar varnish (of which I had plenty) then, when the varnish was tacky, I'd
wind the coil so it would be held in place when the varnish completely dried.
 
>This worked fine for TRF & regen receivers and I'm wondering if there's any reason it wouldn't work for the transmitter[s] I have planned.