Carpentry

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Carpentry merit badge has been discontinued. (See discontinued merit badges.)


Carpentry merit badge
Status: Discontinued BSA Advancement ID: n/a
Created: 1911 Origin: One of the original
57 merit badges
Discontinued: 1952 Replaced by: Carpentry (2010 only)

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The Carpentry merit badge was one of the original 57 merit badges issued by the Boy Scouts of America in 1911. It was re-released, for 2010 only, for the Boy Scouts of America's "Centennial" celebration. See: Carpentry (Centennial merit badge).


Carpentry requirements 1938, 1945, 1950
  1. Demonstrate the use of the rule, square, level, plumb-line, mitre, chalk-line and bevel.
  2. Demonstrate the proper way to drive, set, and clinch a nail, draw a spike with a claw-hammer, and to join two pieces of wood with screws.
  3. Show correct use of the cross-cut saw and of the rip-saw.
  4. Show how to plane the edge, end and the broad surface of a board.
  5. Demonstrate how to lay shingles.
  6. Make a simple article of furniture for practical use in the home or on the home grounds, finished in a workmanlike manner, all work to be done without assistance.



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