[Low-Tech] Windlass and cranequin

[Icelander]

Originally Posted by whswhs

If you have sources for that information, you should feel free to use it. I used the libraries available to me (including a university library) and a lot of Web searches; I didn't find any place that provided such information. But it's a GURPS meta-rule that reality trumps game rules.

Bill Stoddard

Beyond Payne-Gallway, George Stevens, Hardy & Strickland and what little appears in Williams' "The Knight and the Blast Furnace" (most penetration data), I have none.

On the other hand, even with judicious web searches, I have been unable to find any historical 1-2 lbs. cranequins. Since Low-Tech lists such devices, I assume that you have found them. Could you direct me to the websites in question?

Since I'm using actual poundage to stat the bows, I'll have to rework the ST multipliers into something else and it would help to have clearer descriptions of the devices, maybe a researcher's estimate of how long it takes to crank.