Hi Lori, http://www.makerope.com/ This is a book. http://www.kountrylife.com/cgi-bin/topic.cgi?bd=forum&th=3231 http://community.netidea.com/queequeg/knotty/knots/ropemakr.htm This looks really interesting. http://www.americanartifacts.com/smma/advert/da112.htm Nice looking sample of one in metal. can see workings. http://www.dfw.net/~jazzman/knotter/Rope.htm maybe too simple. http://www.northnet.org/ropeworks/ http://www.rope-maker.com/ http://www.northnet.org/ropeworks/text/r.html http://www.donpierce.com/rope.html http://www.museoscienza.org/english/leonardo/macchinacorde.html Ok, ok... so you may not want this one, but it is by Leonardo. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ropemaking/ This is a list for rope making. Well, I am going to stop looking now..... I hope this helps. I am sure there is more out there. Best of luck. Kathy. OCR Specialist Don't retype it, OCR it! Taking the printed word and placing it into an editable format. http://www.katscan-ocr.com ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).