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Lowering a medieval drawbridge.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...337#post169460
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...325#post192405
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...745#post174873
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...071#post180099
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...409#post204677

Now let's see it going up while arrows are coming at them.

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Originally Posted by Karl_H

Now let's see it going up while arrows are coming at them.

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That's probably why the chains are secured to the stone walls. You shelter behind the walls while you pull on the chains. The drawbridge doesn't have to be up very far before it serves as a shield against arrows.