Woodworker

Woodworker Wolf Cub Badge 1929 to 1934

Before a Wolf Cub could earn this badge they must say the following promise “If I fail at first I will go on trying till I succeed”

Badges are worn on the right arm in parallel rows between the shoulder and elbow

To achieve the Wood worker Badge you had to do the following*

Must understand and the care of tools and how to sharpen them. Must understand the theory of designing and be able to draw simple designs, and transfer them to the wood.

Fretwork (Alternative). Must make four out of the following articles:—A pipe rack, knife box, hand mirror, paper knife, watch stand, bracket; and One article according to his own choice.

Carpentry (Alternative). Must be able to distinguish four of the following woods, and know the nature and common uses of each; pine, white deal, yellow deal, bass (or American white-wood), ash, oak, elm, mahogany, walnut, teak, birch. Must know what is meant by, and the uses of, a housing, a tenon and mortice, a halved joint and a dovetail; show efficient samples of any two of them made by himself. Must be able to use efficiently a saw, hammer, plane and chisel, and be able to sharpen the latter. If a Cub is able to exhibit some small article of his own construction embodying the second and third parts of the test he need only he examined in his knowledge of the first part.

* The requirements did vary through the years in POR.