So far I've been unable to find the booklet I have (had?) on rope making. Still looking, but it wasn't where I thought it was.... In the interim, here are a couple of related sites: http://www.lehmans.com/jump.jsp?itemType=PRODUCT&iProductID=2669 may be the booklet I think I've got somewhere http://www.rope-maker.com/makingrope.html http://web.media.mit.edu/~dmerrill/ropemaker.html Charles MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.