Wood Carving Merit Badge

Overview

As with any art, wood carving involves learning the basics of design, along with material selection and tools and techniques, as well as wood-carving safety. The requirements of the Wood Carving merit badge introduce Scouts to an enjoyable hobby and that can become a lifetime activity.

Requirements

(1) Do the following:
- (a) Explain to your counselor the hazards you are most likely to encounter while wood carving, and what you should do to anticipate, help prevent, mitigate, or lessen these hazards.
- (b) Show that you know first aid for injuries that could occur while wood carving, including minor cuts and scratches and splinters.
(2) Do the following:
- (a) Earn the Totin’ Chip recognition.
- (b) Discuss with your counselor your understanding of the Safety Checklist for Carving.
(3) Do the following:
- (a) Explain to your counselor, orally or in writing, the care and use of five types of tools that you may use in a carving project.
- (b) Tell your counselor how to care for and use several types of sharpening devices, then demonstrate that you know how to use these devices.
(4) Using a piece of scrap wood or a project on which you are working, show your counselor that you know how to do the following:
- (a) Paring cut
- (b) Basic cut and Push cut
- (c) “V” cut
- (d) Stop cut or score line
(5) Tell why different woods are used for different projects. Explain why you chose the type of wood you did for your projects in requirements 6 and 7.
(6) Plan your own or select a project from this merit badge pamphlet and complete a simple carving in the round.
(7) Complete a simple low-relief OR a chip carving project.

Resources

Note: This is an unofficial archive of Scouts BSA Merit Badges that was automatically extracted from the Scouting America website and may contain errors.