[Low-Tech] Windlass and cranequin

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Originally Posted by Icelander

Payne-Gallwey's 'The Crossbow' was cited numerous times in playtest comments. I can only say that I am suprised if you did not read it.

In any event, if the stats for cranequins are not a deliberate nod to some new scholarship challenging Payne-Gallwey's work and of which I was unaware, they are simply not accurate. All authorities I have read agree that cranequins were heavier than the weights given in Low-Tech and while historians unaccountably neglect to give GURPS $ Costs, it may be safely said that cranequins are more expensive to construct than windlasses.

I did indeed read it, but I don't recall seeing a figure for the weight of a cranequin. Can you cite a page number?

Bill Stoddard