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== Merit badge requirements ==
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|caption= Woodwork
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|subject= Woodwork
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|status= Elective
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|created= 1923
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|requirements revision= 2004
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|field= Trades
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|quote=Wood is an amazingly versatile, practical, yet beautiful material. A skilled craftsman can use wood to fashion just about anything. As a woodworker or carpenter, you will find no end of useful, valuable, and fun items you can make yourself, from wood.
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::a. Show that you know first aid for injuries that could occur while woodworking, including splinters, scratches, cuts, severe bleeding, and shock. Tell what precautions must be taken to help prevent loss of eyesight or hearing, and explain why and when it is necessary to use a dust mask.
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::b. Earn the [[Totin' Chip]] recognition.
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::c. Tell your counselor what precautions you take to safely use your tools.
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::a. Describe how timber is grown, harvested, and milled. Tell how lumber is cured, seasoned, graded, and sized.
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::b. Collect and label blocks of six kinds of wood useful in woodworking. Describe the chief qualities of each. Give the best uses of each.
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::a. Show proper care, use, and storage of all working tools and equipment that you own or use at home or school.
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::b. Sharpen correctly the cutting edges of two different tools.
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:4. Using a saw, plane, hammer, brace, and bit, make something useful of wood. Cut parts from lumber that you have squared and measured from working drawings.
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:5. Create your own carpentry project. List the materials you will need to complete your project, and then build your project. Keep track of the time you spend and the cost of the materials.
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:6. Do any TWO of the following:
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::a. Make working drawings of a project needing - (1) Beveled or rounded edges OR curved or incised cuttings, OR (2) Miter, dowel, or mortise and tenon joints. Build this project.
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::b. Make something for which you have to turn duplicate parts on a lathe.
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::c. Make a cabinet, box or something else with a door or lid fastened with inset hinges.
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::d. Help make and repair wooden toys for underprivileged children; OR help carry out a carpentry service project approved by your counselor for a charitable organization.
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:7. Talk with a cabinetmaker or carpenter. Find out about the training, apprenticeship, Career opportunities, work conditions, pay rates, and union organization for woodworking experts in your area.
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''Source: 2007 Boy Scout Requirements (33215)''
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'''1. First Aid''': [[Cuts]] - [[Scratches]] - [[Splinters]] - [[Bleeding]] - [[Shock]] - [[Eye Injury]]
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'''3.''' [[Totin' Chip]]<br>
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'''6.''' The graph paper you need is included in the [[Media:Woodwork.pdf|Woodwork Worksheet]]<br>
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:[http://www.wikihow.com/Draw-a-Floor-Plan-to-Scale How to draw a Scale Plan]
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'''2-7:''' [http://www.expertvillage.com/ ExpertVillage.com Lesson Videos:]
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:[http://www.expertvillage.com/video-series/1268_jig-saw.htm How to Use a Jig Saw] - [http://www.expertvillage.com/video-series/1336_belt-sanders.htm How to Use a Belt Sander] - [http://www.expertvillage.com/video-series/1608_woodwork-lathe.htm How to Use a Lathe] - [http://www.expertvillage.com/video-series/490_miter-saw.htm How to Use a Miter Saw]
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:[http://www.expertvillage.com/video-series/1267_orbit-sander.htm How to Use an Orbital Sander] - [http://www.expertvillage.com/video-series/1335_finishing-sander.htm How to Use a Finishing Sander] - [http://www.expertvillage.com/video-series/1453_frame-shadow.htm How to Make Shadow Box] - [http://www.expertvillage.com/video-series/2201_upright-bookshelves.htm How to Build Bookshelves]
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*[http://www.scouts.caincreek.com/ Woodworking With Scouts]
*[http://www.scouts.caincreek.com/ Woodworking With Scouts]
*[http://www.theoak.com/ The Oak Factory]
*[http://www.theoak.com/ The Oak Factory]
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*[http://www.woodnet.net/tips/index/ Woodworking Tips and Techniques]
*[http://www.woodnet.net/tips/index/ Woodworking Tips and Techniques]
*[http://www.scrollsaw.com/ American Scrollsawing]
*[http://www.scrollsaw.com/ American Scrollsawing]
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*[http://www.scouters.us/homeproj.html Patrol Projects]
*[http://www.scouters.us/homeproj.html Patrol Projects]
*[http://home.epix.net/~hawkmtn/jambpb.html Patrol Kitchen Box Plans]
*[http://home.epix.net/~hawkmtn/jambpb.html Patrol Kitchen Box Plans]
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*[http://www.troop142bsa.org/sketchbook/index.html The Patrol Sketchbook]
*[http://www.troop142bsa.org/sketchbook/index.html The Patrol Sketchbook]
*[http://www.three-peaks.net/cook_kit.htm Patrol Box Inventory]
*[http://www.three-peaks.net/cook_kit.htm Patrol Box Inventory]
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Resources include the Woodwork merit badge worksheet Adobe Acrobat PDF, links, and cross-references to related badges and awards.  ◀Prev  -  Next ▶ 

This is the Woodwork merit badge for Boy Scouts, Varsity Scouts, and Venturers.
Webelos Scouts can earn the Craftsman activity badge.
Woodwork requires prior counselor approval for requirement(s) #6d.


Woodwork merit badge
Status: Elective
Created: 1923
Discontinued: no
BSA Advancement ID: 119
Requirements revision: 2004
Latest pamphlet revision: 2008

Contents

“ Wood is an amazingly versatile, practical, yet beautiful material. A skilled craftsman can use wood to fashion just about anything. As a woodworker or carpenter, you will find no end of useful, valuable, and fun items you can make yourself, from wood. ”


Woodwork merit badge requirements

  1. Do the following:
    a. Show that you know first aid for injuries that could occur while woodworking, including splinters, scratches, cuts, severe bleeding, and shock. Tell what precautions must be taken to help prevent loss of eyesight or hearing, and explain why and when it is necessary to use a dust mask.
    b. Earn the Totin' Chip recognition.
    c. Tell your counselor what precautions you take to safely use your tools.
  2. Do the following:
    a. Describe how timber is grown, harvested, and milled. Tell how lumber is cured, seasoned, graded, and sized.
    b. Collect and label blocks of six kinds of wood useful in woodworking. Describe the chief qualities of each. Give the best uses of each.
  3. Do the following:
    a. Show proper care, use, and storage of all working tools and equipment that you own or use at home or school.
    b. Sharpen correctly the cutting edges of two different tools.
  4. Using a saw, plane, hammer, brace, and bit, make something useful of wood. Cut parts from lumber that you have squared and measured from working drawings.
  5. Create your own carpentry project. List the materials you will need to complete your project, and then build your project. Keep track of the time you spend and the cost of the materials.
  6. Do any TWO of the following:
    a. Make working drawings of a project needing - (1) Beveled or rounded edges OR curved or incised cuttings, OR (2) Miter, dowel, or mortise and tenon joints. Build this project.
    b. Make something for which you have to turn duplicate parts on a lathe.
    c. Make a cabinet, box or something else with a door or lid fastened with inset hinges.
    d. Help make and repair wooden toys for underprivileged children; OR help carry out a carpentry service project approved by your counselor for a charitable organization.
  7. Talk with a cabinetmaker or carpenter. Find out about the training, apprenticeship, Career opportunities, work conditions, pay rates, and union organization for woodworking experts in your area.


The official source for the information shown in this article or section is:
Boy Scout Requirements, 2012 Edition (BSA Supply No. 34765)

The text of these requirements is locked and can only be edited by an administrator.
Please note any errors found in the above requirements on this article's Talk Page.


Notes

Worksheet A FREE workbook for Woodwork is available here! Adobe Acrobat PDF
with the maps, charts, links, diagrams, and checklists you need!
Or click here to print just the Woodwork requirements. 		meritbadge.org has PDF and DOC versions of
Boy Scout merit badge workbooks,
Webelos workbooks, and Cub Scout workbooks.
  1. Per the BSA: "You should read the merit badge pamphlet on the subject." Pamphlets (books) are at local Scout Shops and online at ScoutStuff.org.
  2. "Get a signed Merit Badge application from your Scoutmaster." An online, printable Word doc file version is available.
  3. Woodwork is a rare merit badge!


Requirement resources

1. First Aid: Cuts - Scratches - Splinters - Bleeding - Shock - Eye Injury

3. Totin' Chip
6. The graph paper you need is included in the Woodwork Worksheet

How to draw a Scale Plan

2-7: ExpertVillage.com Lesson Videos:

How to Use a Jig Saw - How to Use a Belt Sander - How to Use a Lathe - How to Use a Miter Saw
How to Use an Orbital Sander - How to Use a Finishing Sander - How to Make Shadow Box - How to Build Bookshelves


Related awards

Trade-related awards


See also

Boy Scout portal
Varsity Scout portal
Venturing portal

Merit Badge information


Bob Myers patrol box plans
Bob Myers patrol box plans
Bob Myers patrol table plans
Bob Myers patrol table plans


External links

Project links

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