WOODWORK
- Do the following:
- Describe how timber is grown, harvested, and milled. Tell how
lumber is cured, seasoned, graded, and sized.
- Collect and label blocks of six kinds of wood useful in
woodworking. Describe the chief qualities of each. Give the best uses of
each.
- Do the following:
- Show proper care and use of all working tools and which you own or
use at home or school.
- Sharpen correctly the cutting edges of two tools.
- Make something useful of wood. Use a saw, plane, hammer, and brace and
bit to make it. Cut parts from lumber which you have measured and squared
from working drawings.
- Do the following:
- Make a working drawing of a carpentry project. List the material
needed.
- Make it. Report on the time spent and cost of things used.
- Do any TWO of the following:
- Make working drawings of a project needing
- Beveled or rounded edges or curved or incised cuttings.
- Miter, dowel, or mortise and tenon joints. Make it.
- Make something for which you have to turn duplicate parts on a
lathe.
- Make a cabinet, box or something else with a door or lid fastened
with inset hinges.
- Help make and repair wooden toys for needy children; or help carry
out a carpentry service project.
- Make a scale model of a house or barn.
- Talk with a cabinetmaker or carpenter. Find out job opportunities and
conditions, needed training, apprenticeship, work hours, pay rates, and
union organization for woodworking craftsmen where you live.
BSA Advancement ID#: 119
Source: Boy Scout Requirements, #33215E, revised 2002
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