Make a gadget for making rope, using local materials. With this gadget, make a 20-foot rope, ½ inch or more in diameter. Whip the ends. Hand coil a length of rope.
Explain the following:
Kinds of rope
Care for rope
Weakening effects of knots
Tie twelve knots and hitches, and explain how to use them in pioneering.
Make short, long, end, and eye splices and explain the uses of each.
Lash spars together, properly using square, diagonal, and shear lashings.
Following an approved design, construct any of the following. Use lashings as needed in the construction. Explain the principles involved in the construction. Request the members of his patrol/crew to assist in the construction.
bamboo bridge
signal tower
monkey bridge
raft or shelter
Do any three (3) of the following:
Make a three (3)-strand Turk's Head neckerchief slide.
Show how to make a camp kitchen.
Explain and demonstrate pioneering anchorages for different projects in various types of soil.
Demonstrate Patrol leadership in constructing a pioneering project designed by the Scout themself.
Make and submit two (2) scale models of pioneering projects.
