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Requirements January 1952 until June 1972

1. (a) Describe briefly how timber is grown, harvested, and milled and how lumber is cured, seasoned, graded, and sized. (b) Collect and label sample blocks of six kinds of wood useful in woodworking; describe the chief qualities and best uses of each.

2. (a) Demonstrate proper care and use of all woodworking tools and equipment which you own or are permitted to use at home or school. (b) Sharpen correctly the cutting edges of two tools.

3. Make a useful article of wood which calls for use of saw, plane, hammer, and brace and bit. Cut parts from lumber which you have measured and squared correctly according to working drawings.

4. (a) Submit, for approval of your counselor, a working sketch of a carpentry project, along with a list of material needed. (b) Complete the project and submit a report of time spent and cost of materials.

5. Do any two of the following projects:

(a) Make working drawings of some article requiring (1) beveled or rounded edges, or curved or incised cutting; and (2) miter, dowel, or mortise and tenon joints. Construct the article.

(b) Make an article for which you have to turn duplicate parts on a lathe.

(c) Make a cabinet, storage box, or some other article with a door or lid attached with inset hinges.

(d) With other members of your patrol or troop, take part in a project of making and repairing wooden toys for needy children; or help carry out a carpentry service project in your community.

(e) Build a miniature, accurate scale model of a house, barn, or other frame structure.

(f) Talk with a skilled cabinetmaker or carpenter and find out what are the employment opportunities and conditions (required training, apprenticeship, work hours, pay rates, union organization, etc.) for woodworking craftsmen in your locality.