MEKANIC13 10 Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 I am trying to locate some wooden poles for pioneering projects in our troop. Does anyone know of any resources or where these may be purchased? Mike Link to post Share on other sites
Eamonn 61 Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 Try talking nice to the people who run the Council Camp Site they may have a wooded area that needs to be thinned out. Good luck and welcome to the forum. Eamonn Link to post Share on other sites
anarchist 10 Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 MEKANIC13, welcome aboard! questions: Where are you? How much do you have to spend? (as Eamonn indicated wood can be had free if you look, ask, and work for it! 'course it depends on how much and what sizes on material you want and can handle.) Link to post Share on other sites
Sir_Scoutalot 10 Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 I'd be interested to hear what folks have to say regarding the use of bamboo in pioneering projects. On the plus side, I like the fact that it grows straight, tall, and does not have a lot of branches that require trimming. Usually not difficult to find a free source in the areas I've lived in. On the minus side, I'm assuming it is not the strongest material. Link to post Share on other sites
le Voyageur 72 Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 Well, if you were in my neck of the woods I would cut you a truck load of spars. Got so much down timber from Hurricane Isabelle it'll never be cleared...take a look around, and see if there are any logging operations in your area, some Bull of the Woods/land owners will allow you to salvage trash trees..... Link to post Share on other sites
nldscout 18 Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 We just cutt a pile of poles for klondike. We asked a landowner that had his land logged off about 5 or 6 yrs ago and it needed some thining. Why pay for something thats free. Let the boys help cut and trim them.(This message has been edited by nldscout) Link to post Share on other sites
Fuzzy Bear 12 Posted March 12, 2005 Share Posted March 12, 2005 Bamboo makes a good starter kit for tripods and flag poles. You could make smaller field kitchens and towel and pot holders out of them. You can use smaller size rope to do the lashing. If you bound three poles togetherwith lightweight rope or duct tape, they might be strong enough for more load support for larger projects. Bamboo is lightweight but has strength and can be stored outside. Length and load support are the limitations. FB Link to post Share on other sites
KoreaScouter 13 Posted March 12, 2005 Share Posted March 12, 2005 Bamboo is light, and strong for its weight. However, it is very prone to splitting, and throws off some nasty splinters. We used it in a previous Troop, but got other wood staves and eliminated the minor first aid situations... KS Link to post Share on other sites
Eagledad 2792 Posted March 12, 2005 Share Posted March 12, 2005 Hi All Check with the OA and see what they have that you can borrow, and/or ask them for their source as well. Once you start asking the question, somebody will have the answers. BArry Link to post Share on other sites
Eamonn 61 Posted March 12, 2005 Share Posted March 12, 2005 Bamboo,is great for small indoor type projects:Sedan chairs, catapults, rope ladders. Some Troops have had a lot of luck using rubber bands or cut inner-tube in place of some of the lashings. We never had much joy and went back to using rope. Table-top pioneering can be fun using uncooked pasta and thread or dental floss. For a Troop AGM,we had each patrol design and build different bridges this way, the end result was very impressive. The project is too small to keep an entire Patrol busy so we had them work in teams of two or three. Eamonn. Link to post Share on other sites
rjcluvvt 10 Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 Duct Tape, Rubber Bands? BLASPHEMERS! As the Shenandoah Valley Pioneering Guru I condemn you all for not using some sort of cordage!!! Our council is clearing out some areas in camp, creating a haven for pioneering scavengers. Bamboo is neat because of its strength that there are many more possibilities in construction, I saw a troop make a swimming pool out of bamboo using a tarp to hold the water and bamboo as a frame. I was looking at the Hurricane Districts website and they said that they "cut" a deal or something to that effect with some pine tree nursery, one of the guys in our troop did and we got some nice spars out of that Link to post Share on other sites
SR540Beaver 116 Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 rj, Whoa there pardner! Duct tape is the 8th wonder of the world. As the saying goes, if duct tape won't fix something, it is time to buy a new one!!! Link to post Share on other sites
rjcluvvt 10 Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 But then what use is rope if there is duct tape? Why use duct tape when one can use Manilla rope? Link to post Share on other sites
OldGreyEagle 5 Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 Have you tried Krackow? Link to post Share on other sites
rjcluvvt 10 Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 When I say I am a guru, Im just an ambitious pioneering instructor. T OGE, that's the first I've heard about "krackow," I googled it to no avail. All I got was stitchings anda bunch of links written in Japanese. Would you care to elaborate, I am intrigued. Link to post Share on other sites
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