[Boatanchors] Bucking Autotransformer - use as combination bucking and isolation?

[wa9wfa]

I’ve been wanting to build a buck transformer for my BA station for 20 years.  Maybe I’ll get to it this year…. Was planning to buy a new Hammond 12.6 VAC 5 or 6 amps or so transformer and buck the line voltage, should yield me around 110 volts.  Was thinking that I could plug the boat anchor power strip into it and power the BA plugged into the strip.  Are a lot of guys using buck transformers?
73 Scott WA9WFA