*Universal* was a brand made in New Britain, CT by Landers, Ferry & Clark.
I do see them a lot in antique stores. They cost about $10. with all the parts. You could find one, easily, I think, if you wanted to replace your old lost one.
Hhmmm...there’s something like that in the “junk room” of my recently deceased MIL house...
My Grandma was a fantastic cook and made everything by hand.
She had a meat grinder like that. My job was to turn the crank when she was making sausage.
She even made all her own noodles by hand. She would roll out the dough on a huge cloth, cut them by hand, hang them on hangers and dried them out in the spare room/back porch. She would store them in Quaker Oat boxes.
I still use some of her recipes. Her cranberry pineapple jello is still our family’s Thanksgiving tradition.
Yes this is exactly what I had. Miss it muchly. I will have to look in the vintage stores when they re open.