These were the REQUIREMENTS before the REVISIONS
which were made on January 1, 2004.

Click Here for the CURRENT requirements

  1. Do the following:
  2. Do the following:
    1. Show proper care and use of all working tools and equipment which you own or use at home or school.
    2. Sharpen correctly the cutting edges of two tools.
  3. 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.
  4. Do the following:
    1. Make a working drawing of a carpentry project. List the material needed.
    2. Make it. Report on the time spent and cost of things used.
  5. Do any TWO of the following:
    1. Make working drawings of a project needing
      1. Beveled or rounded edges or curved or incised cuttings.
      2. Miter, dowel, or mortise and tenon joints.

      Make it.

    4. Help make and repair wooden toys for needy children; or help carry out a carpentry service project.
    5. Make a scale model of a house or barn.
  6. Talk with a cabinetmaker or carpenter. Find out the job opportunities and conditions, needed training, apprenticeship, work hours, pay rates, and union organization for woodworking craftsmen where you live.

BSA Advancement ID#: 119
Pamphlet Revision Date: 1980
Requirements last revised prior to 1982

Page updated on: May 02, 2013


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