Woodwork Merit Badge
Learn woodworking safety, timber processing, tool care, and build projects using saws, planes, and joinery techniques like mortise and tenon to earn this merit badge.
What you'll do
- 1. Safety First Explain to your counselor the most likely hazards you may encounter while participating in woodwork activities, and what …
- 2. Understanding Wood Describe how timber is grown, harvested, and milled.
- 3. Tools of the Trade Show the proper care, use, and storage of all working tools and equipment that you own or use at home or school.
- Build with Basic Tools Using a saw, plane, hammer, brace, and bit, make something useful of wood.
At a glance
- Requirements
- 7
- Category
- Professions
- Eagle Required
- No
- Updated
- February 26, 2026