The STORY of HOME MADE -- HAND MADE ROPE
The STORY of HOME MADE -- HAND MADE ROPE
The Small Wonder has 3 outside
hooks
and one center gathering hook
vary similar to the New Era
.
The small Wonder
Machine.
photo used with
permission:
thanks to
Ron & Shirley Watson's
Fine
Antiques &
Collectibles, Manitou Manitoba.
This extremely rare machine
has a Dec.23, 1919
Patent date on it.
We believe that this may be
a Canadian patent,
as we have not been able to
find it in the US Patent lists.
I bought my First
Large
Wonder Rope Maker for some over $100 via
an EBAY auction. It had been
broken and welded in several places.
I believe that I can clean up
some of the old welds and restore it
to good working condition, but
I am happy even having it
as a shelf machine. It
looks so much like a large
double size version of the New
Era .
On the bottom of my
machine,
cast in the iron :
The Wonder MFG. Co.
Brantford
Ont. Pat. App'd For
It is heavy cast
iron and measures
13" high and 11
½" wide.
Research information
on
the Wonder and other similar machines
takes a lot of time pouring
through old phone books and magazines.
Most of the Wonder machines
that have been offered on EBAY
have been from Western Canada.
Many including the Wonder Rope
Machines that I own simply say
"Patent Pending", with
no actual Patent date.
I surmise that the
Wonder
may have started out being manufactured
in Niles, Mich., before
moving to Ontario, Canada.
The Wonder Rope Machine,
a Large 5 hook Machine.
The Wonder is geared 4.5
to 1
( turns of the hooks to
turns
of the handle )
It is the most massive
home
Rope Machine that I have used.
Possibly because of the
size
and weight of the Wonder Rope Maker,
many of these
machines
been dropped and broken.
This Machine is from the Collection
of
Dave Brown of Wisconsin
This machine has the original handle
and appears well cared for.
The Wonder Rope "Wrench" Tool.
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of Knot Tyers
Berg
Rope 1908 Machine
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(New Era 1911) Rope Machine
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1924 Rope Machine
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1901 Rope Machine
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Improved Hand Rope and Wire Cabling Machine" 23 Pages
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Making NEW ERA" 14 pages
"Instructions
for New Era Rope Machine" 8 pages
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Rope Machine Instructions" 4 pages
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Making NEW ERA 14 page Booklet Pat 1911
Instruction
Folder: 8 pages of Instructions for New Era Rope Machine
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Rope Machine Folder (4 pages)
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Rope
Making "Wrenches"
Berg
Rope 1908 Machine
Bucklin
/ Thomas 1901 Rope Machine
Hawkeye
(New Era 1911) Rope Machine
Meyer
1924 Rope Machine
Royal
Rope Machine
Sherwood
Rope Machine
Wonder
Rope Machine
Rope
Book: Sherwood Improved Hand Rope and Wire Cabling Machine Pat
1913
Rope
Making NEW ERA 14 page Booklet Pat 1911
Instruction
Folder: 8 pages of Instructions for New Era Rope Machine
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