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All images used in this booklet, including the one on the cover, have been obtained from the

Internet, a majority being obtained from

http://www.hurricanedistrict.org/pioneering.htm

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is a wonderful resource, and I encourage you to check it out. I also would like to express my

gratitude to the Hurricane District for putting such a fantastic resource onto the Internet. Others

did the hard work; I simply collected the fruits of their labors and put them into a central

resource. I am indebted to all of them, for this is really their work and not mine.

I compiled these drawings into this booklet because it seems that there is less of an emphasis on

pioneering now than there was before. The Pioneering Merit Badge Pamphlet, while it contains

some information on projects, mostly concerns itself with the basics, and therefore does not

provide much project information, in terms of plans. It’s almost impossible to obtain a copy of

Sweet’s Scout Pioneering in the United States (though the Canadian Scout Association publishes

the book – I got my copy from them), and the Fieldbook and Handbook are also lacking when it

comes to Pioneering. The only real resource is the Boy Scout Roundtable Guide, which has some

illustrations in them. But besides utilizing these few resources, those who are interested are left

to fend for themselves, so it seems. Those who wish to do pioneering projects are often left to

their own imaginations for designs, a problem for those who, like me, have small amounts of

creativity that must be used judiciously.

The immediate reason for my compiling this work is that, when I was named Scoutcraft Director

of the Bert Adams Scout Reservation in Covington, Ga., I was informed that there would be a

pioneering competition, with prizes. Not wanting to have the troops only construct monkey

bridges, I searched for other possible projects, which culminated in the creation of this booklet.

As far as I can ascertain, all of the images in this book are in the public domain. If this is not the

case, please let me know and I will remove the copyrighted, non-public domain material from

this collection. It is certainly not my intention to infringe upon anyone’s copyright.

I hope you find this collection useful. I welcome any comments, criticisms, suggestions, and,

most especially, new pioneering projects, for this is always a work in progress.

Yours in Scouting,

Andrew J. Miller

[email protected]

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Table of Contents

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ALPHABETICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS____________________________________________________________4

BRIDGES _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7

MONKEY BRIDGE____________________________________________________________________________8 SINGLE LOCK BRIDGE________________________________________________________________________8 SINGLE TRESTLE BRIDGE______________________________________________________________________9 Detail for Single Trestle Bridge _____________________________________________________________10 DRAW BRIDGE_____________________________________________________________________________12 SUSPENSION BRIDGE________________________________________________________________________12 FRICTION BRIDGE___________________________________________________________________________13 TROOP 185 DRAW BRIDGE____________________________________________________________________13

CATAPULTS / BALLISTAS _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15

TWO PERSON CATAPULT_16 TROOP 10 CATAPULT17 BALLISTA_____________18

TOWERS AND GATEWAYS _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19

PFOX TOWER______________________________________________________________________________20 SIGNAL TOWER____________________________________________________________________________21 BRYNBACH TOWER _________________________________________________________________________22 HOURGLASS SIGNAL TOWER__________________________________________________________________23 TRIANGULAR SIGNAL TOWER _________________________________________________________________24 TEN MINUTE TOWER________________________________________________________________________25 STILT TOWER______________________________________________________________________________26 TROOP 850 GATEWAY_______________________________________________________________________27 COVERED GATEWAY________________________________________________________________________28 SIMPLE GATEWAY__________________________________________________________________________29 TROOP 16 GATEWAY________________________________________________________________________30 Troop 16 Gateway Roof Detail______________________________________________________________31 LIFTING GATEWAY__________________________________________________________________________32 SWINGING GATE ___________________________________________________________________________33 GATEWAY WITH DOORBELL___________________________________________________________________34 ROTATING GATE / TURNSTILE GATE____________________________________________________________35 BASIC ‘FREE STANDING’ GATEWAY_____________________________________________________________36 COVERED GATEWAY WITH SWINGING GATE______________________________________________________37 TWO DOOR GATEWAY_______________________________________________________________________38 “WEIRD LOOKING” GATEWAY ________________________________________________________________39 EASY ‘FREE STANDING’ GATEWAY_____________________________________________________________40 ‘IN GROUND’ GATEWAY WITH SWINGING GATE___________________________________________________41 SIMPLE ‘IN GROUND’ GATEWAY_______________________________________________________________42 SERIOUSLY LARGE COVERED GATEWAY_________________________________________________________43

CAMP TOOLS / GADGETS _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 45

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WASH BASIN WITH SHELF__________________________57 CAMP TABLE58 CAMP TABLE WITH SEATS59 CHIPPEWA COOKING FIRE STAND60 CAMP TABLE WITH BENCH AND SEAT_61 SHOWER62 LATRINE____________________________63

MISCELLANEOUS PROJECTS _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 65

CLIMBING WALL ___________________________________________________________________________66 Climbing Wall Components ________________________________________________________________67 TEAM PULLEY GAME________________________________________________________________________68 SWINGING DERRICK/CRANE___________________________________________________________________68 SCAFFOLD HITCH___________________________________________________________________________69 PIONEERING ANCHORS_______________________________________________________________________70 LADDER HITCH ____________________________________________________________________________71 WASH BASIN______________________________________________________________________________73 KIM’S GYM________________________________________________________________________________74 DUCKING STOOL ___________________________________________________________________________74 TROOP DISCIPLINE? _________________________________________________________________________75 CAMBRIDGE MERRY-GO-ROUND______________________________________________________________76

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