Quote Originally Posted by smelly sam View Post
Wire Wrap Varients

Varnished single strand electrical copper wire.
a) Pinned with tacks
b) Soldered

Steel band.
Have also seen Steel wire wrapped similar to "a)" and a couple of "string" wrapped ones that were fairly "high mileage".

Mr. Laidlericon described the process of wrapping the stocks some time back. Even if you have a largish lathe to turn the whole works on, it sounds rather dangerous. I still might try it one day,though!