Item Name: Carpentry 1947 - 1952

Item ID: Carpen-E2

Collector Rating: 1

Pamphlets Used to Earn this Badge

Requirements January 1929 until June 1952

1. Demonstrate the use of the rule, square, level, plumb-line, miter, 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.