Sockulator

I have this wonderful yarn that I want to make into socks but I can’t find a pattern I like in the gauge I’m getting, so I put my gauge into this:

http://www.panix.com/~ilaine/nsocks.html

Has anybody tried anything like this before? My main reservation with winging it is just turning the heel, so I’d like to know how well it works before I run about knitting heels that don’t fit. Thanks!