Wood Carving Merit Badge Requirements

Requirements

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   Do the following:
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      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.
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      Show that you know first aid for injuries that could occur while wood carving, including minor cuts and scratches and splinters.
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   Do the following:
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      Earn the Totin’ Chip recognition.
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      Discuss with your counselor your understanding of the Safety Checklist for Carving.
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   Do the following:
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      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.
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      Tell your counselor how to care for and use several types of sharpening devices, then demonstrate that you know how to use these devices.
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   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:
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      Paring cut
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      Basic cut and Push cut
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      “V” cut
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      Stop cut or score line
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   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.
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   Plan your own or select a project from the Wood Carving merit badge pamphlet and complete a simple carving in the round.
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   Complete a simple low-relief OR a chip carving project.