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Ropework Merit Badge Worksheet

Requirement 1
Explain the following:

a. The development of ropes

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b. Kinds of ropes and their uses

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c. How to take care of ropes

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d. The weakening effects of knots

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Requirement 2
Show how to tie the following knots and explain their uses:

a. Square Knot
 Show how to tie
Uses: _______________________________________________________________________________________________

b. Fisherman’s Knot
 Show how to tie
Uses: _______________________________________________________________________________________________

c. Sheet Bend (Weaver’s Knot)

 Show how to tie
Uses: _______________________________________________________________________________________________

d. Slippery Sheet Bend

 Show how to tie
Uses: _______________________________________________________________________________________________

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e. Double Carrick Bend

 Show how to tie
Uses: _______________________________________________________________________________________________

f. Two Half-Hitches
 Show how to tie
Uses: _______________________________________________________________________________________________

g. Timber Hitch
 Show how to tie
Uses: _______________________________________________________________________________________________

h. Clove Hitch
 Show how to tie
Uses: _______________________________________________________________________________________________

i. Bowline
 Show how to tie
Uses: _______________________________________________________________________________________________

j. Man-Harness Knot
 Show how to tie
Uses: _______________________________________________________________________________________________

k. Packer’s Knot
 Show how to tie
Uses: _______________________________________________________________________________________________

l. Sheepshank
 Show how to tie
Uses: _______________________________________________________________________________________________

m. Bowline on a Bight
 Show how to tie
Uses: _______________________________________________________________________________________________

n. Scaffold Hitch
 Show how to tie
Uses: _______________________________________________________________________________________________

o. Tautline Hitch
 Show how to tie
Uses: _______________________________________________________________________________________________

Requirement 3
 Submit a knot-board to your counselor showing all the knots in Requirement 2.

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Requirement 4
Show and explain the knots to be applied in making the following:

a. Construction of a Pergola

List the knots to be applied

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 Show the knots to your counselor

Explain the knots to be applied

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b. Arches and Gateways

List the knots to be applied

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 Show the knots to your counselor

Explain the knots to be applied

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c. Repairing the broken leg of a chair

List the knots to be applied

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 Show the knots to your counselor

Explain the knots to be applied

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d. Tying bundles of firewood

List the knots to be applied

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 Show the knots to your counselor

Explain the knots to be applied

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e. Make a 20-foot ladder with wooden rungs

List the knots to be applied

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 Show the knots to your counselor

Explain the knots to be applied

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