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Wood Carving Merit Badge

Seven requirements. Safety and first aid; the Totin' Chip and the Safety Checklist for Carving; the care and use of five carving tools and of sharpening devices; four basic cuts shown on scrap wood or a project; why different woods suit different projects; then two carvings, one in the round and one low-relief or chip carving, with the wood for each explained in requirement 5.

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Stamp Collecting Merit Badge

Eight requirements. Most are things to show: an example of each of ten kinds of stamp or postal item (3), a catalog and examples of condition (4), at least three collector's tools (5), and an album page (6). Requirement 7 is any two of six activities, and 8 is ONE collection mounted in an album; one of those, 8(e), is your own mail watched for 30 days.

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Textile Merit Badge

Six requirements. Start by getting five fabric swatches (two natural, two synthetic, one cellulosic), because requirement 2(b) asks about each fiber you obtained. Requirement 3 is two of seven projects: a visit, weaving on a loom you made, examining fabrics under a magnifying glass, felt, natural dyes, waterproofing, or identifying fibers. The rest explain terms, fiber types and ecological concerns, and careers.

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Woodwork Merit Badge

Seven requirements. Safety, first aid and the Totin' Chip; how timber becomes lumber, and six labelled wood blocks; tool care and sharpening two tools; something useful made with a saw, plane, hammer, brace and bit; your own project, with drawings, a materials list, and its time and cost tracked; TWO of five more projects or a service; and a talk with a cabinetmaker or finish carpenter.

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Sculpture Merit Badge

Three requirements. Explain the safe use of a sculptor's tools and materials (1). Do two of three (2): a life-size clay head and then a small-scale figure, a plaster mold of a fruit or vegetable with a copy made in it, or a visit to a museum, gallery or studio with permission and approval. Then a career or a hobby (3).

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Pottery Merit Badge

Eight requirements. Safety with a potter's tools, equipment and materials; clay bodies and potter's wheels; two drawings of pottery forms; sixteen pottery terms; then the making in requirement 5: slab, coil and pinch pots, a figurine or sculpture, a form thrown on the wheel, and loading and firing a kiln, every piece decorated by you. Then the ceramic industry, ONE of three ways to explore pottery, and a career.

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Leatherwork Merit Badge

Five requirements. Requirement 1 is the hazards of leatherwork tools and materials, and first aid shown for injuries and illnesses from working with leather. Requirement 2 explains leather and its kinds. Requirement 3 is one or more leather articles using at least five of eight steps, and 4 is a braided or plaited article. Requirement 5 is ONE of: the commercial tanning process, tanning a small skin, caring for leather articles, or visiting a leather business.

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Genealogy Merit Badge

Nine requirements. The parts that take time are other people and records: an interview with a relative (3), contacting a genealogical society, genealogist or archive (5), obtaining a genealogical document (4(c)), a family tree of three generations (6) and two family group records (7). Requirement 2 is a timeline and short biography, or a journal kept for six weeks. Requirement 9 is what you learned about your family.

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Basketry Merit Badge

Three requirements. The first two are safety and knowledge: the hazards of basketry tools and materials and first aid for the injuries they cause, then identifying four types of basket and describing three types of weave. The third is most of the work: plan and weave a square basket, a round basket and a campstool seat.

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Chess Merit Badge

Seven requirements, nearly all shown at a board. Three need people: a learner to teach for requirement 3, five mate problems from your counselor for 5(e), and requirement 7, which is three games, a scholastic tournament, or a tournament you organize. Learn notation first: the games in 7 are replayed from your score sheets.

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Coin Collecting Merit Badge

Seven requirements. The long ones are 4, a set of U.S. coins from stated year groups and programs, each with its design features, designer's name and initials and where to find them; and 7, ONE of 20 world coins, 20 world paper money, 20 tokens or medals, or a coin show, club meeting, Mint tour or virtual exhibit. The rest are explanations: minting, terms, storage, the Bicentennial designs and paper currency.

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Collections Merit Badge

Seven requirements, all about a collection of your own, which may not be stamps or coins. A written report or outline (1), its growth (2), preserving, displaying, events and cataloging (3), investing (4), and in 5 its terms, two groups shown to your counselor, its value, grading, associations and identification marks. Then your future plans (6) and a career (7).

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