AY Honors/Rustic Construction - Advanced

Rustic Construction - Advanced
Recreation
Skill Level 123
Approval authority South American Division	Year of Introduction 2012

• Overview
• Requirements
• Answer Key
• Lesson Plans

AY Honors/Rustic Construction - Advanced/Overview/en

The most challenging requirement of this honor is probably this:

12. Construct the following:

a. An entrance with at least eight bases and 20 lashings

b. An entrance without digging into the ground

c. A camping table with at least four bases and eight lashings

d. A bridge with at least four bases and 3 m long

e. A tower at least 4 m high and with ten lashings

f. A suspended shelter, at least 1 m off the ground

g. A camping furniture (multipurpose table, dishwasher, snack table)

1. Be at least 14 years old.

2. Have the following honors:

a. Rustic Construction

b. Knot Tying - Advanced

3. Do some Biblical research and identify when the people of Israel had to make a construct something, what it represented, and what they should remember when doing it.

4. What is the importance of keeping work tools sharp?

5. Demonstrate your knowledge of safety rules in using of tools.

6. What are the best knots to start and finish a lashing? Why?

7. What is the importance of making grooves in the poles before lashing?

8. Demonstrate the ability to make the following lashings, starting each with the clove hitch and end with the clove hitch or a square knot.

a. Square

b. Diagonal

c. Round

d. Double continuous

9. What is the importance of making blueprints (drawing with measurements) for rustic construction?

10. Make a blueprint (drawing with measurements) for each structure that is requested in the honor.

11. Use ties and rods to make a miniature scale of four blueprints.

12. Construct the following:

a. An entrance with at least eight bases and 20 lashings

b. An entrance without digging into the ground

c. A camping table with at least four bases and eight lashings

d. A bridge with at least four bases and 3 m long

e. A tower at least 4 m high and with ten lashings

f. A suspended shelter, at least 1 m off the ground

g. A camping furniture (multipurpose table, dishwasher, snack table)

Observation: Nails, screws, wires should not be used. Clubs should avoid the habit of using them in rustic constructions. We need to teach Pathfinders proper techniques and help them gain practice and experience.

Edit Answer Key

1

Be at least 14 years old.

2

Have the following honors:

2a

Rustic Construction

For tips and instruction see Rustic Construction.

2b

Knot Tying - Advanced

For tips and instruction see Knot Tying - Advanced.

3

Do some Biblical research and identify when the people of Israel had to make a construct something, what it represented, and what they should remember when doing it.

4

What is the importance of keeping work tools sharp?

5

Demonstrate your knowledge of safety rules in using of tools.

6

What are the best knots to start and finish a lashing? Why?

7

What is the importance of making grooves in the poles before lashing?

8

Demonstrate the ability to make the following lashings, starting each with the clove hitch and end with the clove hitch or a square knot.

8a

Square

8b

Diagonal

8c

Round

8d

Double continuous

9

What is the importance of making blueprints (drawing with measurements) for rustic construction?

10

Make a blueprint (drawing with measurements) for each structure that is requested in the honor.

11

Use ties and rods to make a miniature scale of four blueprints.

12

Construct the following:

12a

An entrance with at least eight bases and 20 lashings

12b

An entrance without digging into the ground

12c

A camping table with at least four bases and eight lashings

12d

A bridge with at least four bases and 3 m long

12e

A tower at least 4 m high and with ten lashings

12f

A suspended shelter, at least 1 m off the ground

12g

A camping furniture (multipurpose table, dishwasher, snack table)

Observation

References

AY Honors/Rustic Construction - Advanced/Lesson Plans/en