Roman Ballista

Fully Functioning tiny roman ballista. Designed to be a large ballista for 28mm rpg gaming. Launches a spitball about 10 feet or a small wooden stick 5-6 feet. I use two 1/8th inch diameter pins to form the linkage in the main elevation joint and in forming the axle of the pawl. Easy to make these out of 1/8inch aluminum or steel shaft cut to 3/4 inch length. The hole in the ballista channel should give the pawl free action so turning the crank will actually allow the ratchet and pawl to work we