versa a reversible electric motor 71 of any well known design suited for this purpose is mounted to the aforementioned common support frame 50 and its output shaft is provided with gear teeth 72 which engage the teeth of gear 74 the shaft of gear 74 is provided with teeth 76 which are capable of engaging the teeth of axially movable shifting gear 78 shifting gear 78 is mounted for axial movement on the shaft 70 of reel 18 suitable splines not shown prevent relative rotation between shifting gear 78 and reel shaft 70 it will readily be seen that when the shifting gear 78 is in the dashed line position of fig5 that the reel 18 is driven via the gear train described above from the electric motor when the gear 78 is moved to the full line position it is disengaged from the gear teeth on shaft 76 and the reel 18 can then be manually rotated by means of the crank and gear mechanism described above those skilled in the art will realize that all gears will be sized to provide the appropriate speed reduction between the output of the electric motor and the shaft for the reel 18 for smoother starting a clutch could be incorporated although this should not be necessary in order to effect the shifting of the gear 78 between the positions illustrated in fig5 a shift lever 80 can be employed having forks 82 which engage opposing sides of gear 78 in order to reduce excessive wear and friction shifting gear 78 may be provided on its opposing sides with raised annular ribs 84 which run.