SeattlePioneer 144 Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 allangr1024 referred to the Duct Tape Merit Badge: > Can anyone suggest requirements for that one? I'm thinking Red Green would be a good Merit Badge Counsellor. Link to post Share on other sites
RichardB 219 Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 mailto:merit.badge@scouting.org to officially propose it. Do the following: 1) Explain to your counselor the hazards you are most likely to encounter while using tape, and what you should do to anticipate, help prevent, mitigate, or lessen these hazards. 2) Show that you know first aid for, and the prevention of, injuries or illnesses that could occur while taping, including hair loss, skin irritation, overstressing tape, and exposure to hazardous sticky stuff on the tape. 3) Explain why taping your Scoutmaster to a wall is a bad idea. 3) With your counselor, discuss general safety precautions and Material Safety Data Sheets related to tape. Explain the importance of the MSDS and the new GHS. Link to post Share on other sites
Eagle92 110 Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 3b) Explain why Duct taping the camp medic to his cot and transporting him to the roof of the health lodge is a bad idea. 4) Explain the motto, "Can't fix it, Duct it. Can't Duct it, chuck it." 5) Demonstrate repairing a woodpecker hole on a 40 foot high rappelling tower, wearing harness, brain bucket, and on a belay device (self or manned). Link to post Share on other sites
JoeBob 606 Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 6- Construct at least two useful gadgets from duct tape, one simple and one complex. (NOT acceptable for completion of this requirement are the old-standy duct tape crafts: Belt, band-aid, or coffee cup. 7- Explain the history of duct tape, and contrast the properties of Duct tape, Duck tape, Gaffer's tape, and Gorilla tape. Link to post Share on other sites
allangr1024 71 Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 We actually made the boys duct tape a SM or ASM to the wall. how about: Make a complete scout uniform out of duct tape. or: Make a shelter out of duct tape and sleep in it for one night. Link to post Share on other sites
Basementdweller 608 Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Demonstrate first aid using duct tape.... Blisters, hot spots, nail repair... Link to post Share on other sites
perdidochas 658 Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Just a little aside, the proper (and original) name for it is duck tape, not duct tape. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/02/magazine/the-way-we-live-now-3-02-03-on-language-why-a-duck.html "The original name of the cloth-backed, waterproof adhesive product was duck tape, developed for the United States Army by the Permacel division of Johnson & Johnson to keep moisture out of ammunition cases. The earliest civilian use I can find is in an advertisement by Gimbels department store in June 1942 (antedating the O.E.D. entry by three decades -- nobody but nobody beats this column), which substitutes our product for the ''ladder tape'' that usually holds together Venetian blinds. For $2.99, Gimbels -- now defunct -- would provide blinds ''in cream with cream tape or in white with duck tape.'' " (skip a paragraph) "In 1945, a government surplus property ad in The Times offered 44,108 yards of ''cotton duck tape.'' The first citation I can find for the alternative spelling is in 1970, when the Larry Plotnik Company of Chelsea, Mass., went bust and had to unload 14,000 rolls of what it advertised as duct tape. Three years later, The Times reported that to combat the infiltration of cold air, a contractor placed ''duct tape -- a fiber tape used to seal the joints in heating ducts -- over the openings.''" Link to post Share on other sites
Horizon 97 Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Research 3 possible careers that leverage the use of duck tape. Link to post Share on other sites
moxieman 11 Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Well, after you've made-up the requirements, if your scouts complete'em, you can award them a fake MB. http://www.boyscoutstore.com/duck-tape-merit-badge.html Make sure you explain to'em that it doesn't count towards advancement. And as for the requirements, you need to include MacGyver in there somewhere. Link to post Share on other sites
OldGreyEagle 5 Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 I wonder if we could get the guys from Mythbusters to pose for the cover of the merit badge book and lend the BSA use of some the Duct Tape projects they have done over the years Link to post Share on other sites
SeattlePioneer 144 Posted May 11, 2012 Author Share Posted May 11, 2012 Some EXCELLENT ideas here! > I think this is a bad idea primarily because it will put the idea into the heads of your Scouts. Part II: What kind of recommendations and restrictions do you expect to find on the use of duct/duck tape in the Guide to Safe Scouting any day now? Link to post Share on other sites
Papadaddy 121 Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Make a functional camp gadget out of duct tape and use it for 6 days and 4 nights. Safety rules: Ends of duct tape should be cut straight across with scissors and not torn by hand, which could lead to broken fingernails. Sheath knives may not be used for this purpose. If duct tape is to be used on a wheeled cart, it may only be applied by an adult over the age of 18. Duct tape may not be used in lieu of closed-toe shoes. Canoes made of duct tape may not be used on running water and occupants MUST be swimmers. Link to post Share on other sites
Eagle92 110 Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Watch that last comment on canoes. I had a canoe repaired with duct tape do open water once long ago Also had a friend fix his shoes with black duct tape back in the day. Link to post Share on other sites
SeattlePioneer 144 Posted May 11, 2012 Author Share Posted May 11, 2012 > Heh, heh! Now that DOES sound like a good idea! Link to post Share on other sites
SSScout 1615 Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Duct Tape Forever http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duct_Tape_Forever http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhSqvycZZ0c&feature=related Link to post Share on other sites
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