Illustrations of history

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Medieval construction crane (lemmynsfw.com)

submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Also with no ratcheting preventing backspin every once in a while that poor sap in the wheel would miss a step or something and then go for one hell of a ride.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Isn't a ratcheting mechanism sort of implied with it being labeled as a winch though?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

No. Ratcheting stops are one form of winch break (and definitely the most common in modern winches) but it’s not a mandatory inclusion. A winch is just a rope around a drum.