Woodwork
Resources
- Woodwork Class Preparation Page
- Woodwork Workbook
- Scoutmaster Bucky's Merit Badge Advancement Quick Reference
- Scoutmaster Bucky's Acknowledgement Form
Woodwork Requirements Current Scouts BSA requirements
as of March 8, 2025
as of March 8, 2025
1.
Do the following:
a.
Explain to your counselor the most likely hazards you may encounter
while participating in woodwork activities, and what you should do to
anticipate, help prevent, mitigate, and respond to these hazards.
Explain what precautions you should take to safely use your tools.
b.
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.
c.
Earn the Totin' Chip recognition.
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 the 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 woodworking project. Begin by making working drawings, 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 beveled or rounded edges and
build it.
b.
Make working drawings of a project needing curved or incised cuttings
and build it.
c.
Make working drawings of a project needing miter, dowel, or mortise and
tenon joints and build it.
d.
Make a cabinet, box, or something else with a door or lid fastened with
inset hinges.
e.
Help make wooden toys for underprivileged children; OR help carry out a
woodworking service project approved by your counselor for a charitable
organization.
7.
Talk with a cabinetmaker or finish carpenter. Learn about training,
apprenticeships, career opportunities, work conditions, work hours, pay
rates, and union organization that woodworking experts have in your area.
