The Incredible Rope-Making Machine

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And what if you want a heavier rope? No problem. Just use your same ole trusty rope-makin' machine to wind two or three of your new lines together into an even bigger hawser. And then, if you like, crank two or three of them into a bigger one yet.

Now this is real rope you've just made. Rope that will have no more tendency to unwrap itself than that "official" rope sold by the hardware store. Still, it's a good idea to dress off the ends of the line with a few wraps of fine wire or by weaving the tips of the rope's separate strands back into themselves. The finished line will work better, too, if you pull it back and forth around a fencepost a few times to loosen it up a bit. And if the fuzzy little hairs that tend to stick out of a hemp rope bother you, singe 'em off over a candle or small flame.

YOU'VE JUST HUNG TWO BIRDS WITH ONE ROPE

Talk about getting double your money's worth! You've just found a way to [1] do away with those tangled mounds of bale strings that are always under foot on most ranches and farms and [2] quickly and easily manufacture all the rope you'll ever need, at virtually no cost at all.

And if that's not good enough for you, Mother Earth researchers Travis Brock and Dennis Burkholder are currently toying with the idea of using their Incredible Rope-Making Machine to whip old rags into yards and yards of the fat cordage that goes into those expensive-looking Colonial-style rugs. If they're successful, we'll tell you how to do that too in an upcoming issue of this magazine.

Now then. About that baling wire ...

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