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The horizontal pole of the A-frame also makes a convenient springing point for a deck to form a table-top. Tied using either diagonal or square lashings. Trestle: Forms the modular element for building bridges and towers. Also used as a 'chariot' for inter-patrol Boy Scout chariot races. Tied using diagonal and/or square lashings.
A lashing is the use of a rope, that has been affixed by means of a hitch, for the purpose of holding two poles, staves or other rigid objects together. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lashing knots .
Unlike official BSA knots earned following the completion of specific requirements, the Rainbow knot has no requirements before wearing it. According to Scout for Equality, "you earn it by wearing it" as a form of activism. [4] Per the Scouts for Equality Frequently Asked Questions, as of 2015, 20,000 of these knots had been distributed. [7]
Sailor's knot a.k.a. carrick bend – used for joining two lines; San Diego Jam knot – a common fishing knot; Savoy knot a.k.a. figure-eight knot, Flemish knot – decorative, heraldic knot; Shear lashing; Sheepshank – used to shorten or store rope; Sheet bend – joins two ropes together; Shoelace knot – commonly used for tying shoelaces ...
It is the method currently taught by the Boy Scouts of America. [7] The earliest Boy Scout Handbook to include the taut-line hitch was the 5th edition, published in 1948. [ 8 ] However it illustrated #1855, the variant shown above.
Binding knots are knots that either constrict a single object or hold two objects snugly together. Whippings, seizings and lashings serve a similar purpose to binding knots, but contain too many wraps to be properly called a knot. [1] In binding knots, the ends of rope are either joined together or tucked under the turns of the knot.
The tripod lashing (also known as gyn lashing, figure of eight lashing, and three-spar shear lashing) is used to join several spars together to form a self supporting structure. If the lashing is tied around three spars, then the structure is called a tripod, but quadpods can also be made by using four spars.
While classed with binding knots, such as the reef knot and miller's knot, the bottle sling is able to perform a function for which most other binding knots are unsuited. The bottle sling's specific form allows it to grip a cylinder, assuming it has even a slight flare or collar, and lift it along its axis when the knot is loaded by all four ...