SO I have been looking for one of these for a few years. But I could not justify the couple hundred bucks that most places want for them. Friend works at an antique store and one came in. Got it for a very good price. These were marketed in the early 1900s to farmers to make and repair rope. Going to try it out this weekend. Definitely not the most practical of pieces but I have a passion for hand crank agricultural tools. Stole a couple pics of an identical one from Ebay.