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natural building
instruction, regulation, insurance, safety, etc
This badge is about building big things. Build experiences with several styles of natural building that work in a cold climate, with the grand finale being a wofati.
Natural building means no plywood, OSB, waferboard, particle board, commercial glues, paints, cements or man-made materials. Go easy on the dimensional lumber and fasteners.
Lots of round wood timber framing, cob, dry stack rock, straw bale, clay based paints, adobe, linseed oil, slip straw …
sand badge
(“lloyd list”) do 3 of the following:
- create 12 adobe bricks 12x6x3
- make a clay paint and paint a 4x8 area
- make white wash and use it on a 4x8 area
- use low grade cob to fill between logs in a wofati - 20 feet
- create a rock foundation under a skiddable structure to level the structure
- add 25 square feet of roof (cedar shakes or similar style of wood roof) to a structure
straw badge
complete all the BBs in the “lloyd list”
Find and assess clay sub-soil for making cob/adobe bricks, try different mixes, keep notes, test them to destruction (smash with hammer, toss in fire, etc), choose best mixes.
build a tiny shed on skids
- 6 feet wide, 3 feet deep, holds garbage cans and some tools and has a bench on the back side
Build a cob sink
(Donkey’s list) complete 2
- tree stand
- Build a solar finder, locate true solar south and leave a permanent marker
- Hang a door using handmade wooden hinges
- Build garden gate from found or harvested objects
- Earth plaster a wall, with varying patterns and color
- Minimum of 7 feet tall, 10 feet long, at least 2 colors and you made the plaster/paints
- dirt and linseed oil floor
- Fill Slip/straw (slip/fill) wall
- Must be minimum 7 feet tall by 8 feet long by 8 inches thick
- Build short, dry stack rock foundation
- Build adobe brick and cob bench
- 2 butts wide minimum
- Clay paint a room or rooms
- Make the paint and cover a minimum of 80 linear feet of wall (equivalent to 20X20 room, all walls)
wood badge
Finish the Donkey list
Build operating window, including frame from scratch
straw bale wall in a wofati
home made wood ash cement
- build one of the following:
- 5 gallon plant pot
- 5 gallon water trough
- combination bird bath and insect watering station
- 3 flow form water aerators
Build freezer wofati
- at least 100 square feet of freezer space and at least 100 square feet of root cellar space
Complete One Of:
- Cob floor
- wattle and daub wall for a berm shed
- Lime plaster a wall or set of walls
- tree house
- Must be at least 10 feet off the ground, 70 square feet and have 7 feet of head clearance
- Build a cob bench with a roundpole construction roof.
- Build adobe doghouse (or faerie house) with Nubian vault roof
- Cob sun trap
- Wall is at least 15 linear feet, height at least 6 feet, arched pass through with door or gate
- a piece of an outdoor classroom with a rumford fireplace
iron badge
build a wofati and live in it for a winter
- minimum of 200 square feet interior
- structure must be 100% complete by October 15. “live in it for a winter” means October 15 to March 20 with being gone for no more than 7 days
instruction, regulation, insurance, safety, etc
This badge is about building big things. Build experiences with several styles of natural building that work in a cold climate, with the grand finale being a wofati.
Natural building means no plywood, OSB, waferboard, particle board, commercial glues, paints, cements or man-made materials. Go easy on the dimensional lumber and fasteners.
Lots of round wood timber framing, cob, dry stack rock, straw bale, clay based paints, adobe, linseed oil, slip straw …
sand badge
(“lloyd list”) do 3 of the following:
- create 12 adobe bricks 12x6x3
- make a clay paint and paint a 4x8 area
- make white wash and use it on a 4x8 area
- use low grade cob to fill between logs in a wofati - 20 feet
- create a rock foundation under a skiddable structure to level the structure
- add 25 square feet of roof (cedar shakes or similar style of wood roof) to a structure
straw badge
complete all the BBs in the “lloyd list”
Find and assess clay sub-soil for making cob/adobe bricks, try different mixes, keep notes, test them to destruction (smash with hammer, toss in fire, etc), choose best mixes.
build a tiny shed on skids
- 6 feet wide, 3 feet deep, holds garbage cans and some tools and has a bench on the back side
Build a cob sink
(Donkey’s list) complete 2
- tree stand
- Build a solar finder, locate true solar south and leave a permanent marker
- Hang a door using handmade wooden hinges
- Build garden gate from found or harvested objects
- Earth plaster a wall, with varying patterns and color
- Minimum of 7 feet tall, 10 feet long, at least 2 colors and you made the plaster/paints
- dirt and linseed oil floor
- Fill Slip/straw (slip/fill) wall
- Must be minimum 7 feet tall by 8 feet long by 8 inches thick
- Build short, dry stack rock foundation
- Build adobe brick and cob bench
- 2 butts wide minimum
- Clay paint a room or rooms
- Make the paint and cover a minimum of 80 linear feet of wall (equivalent to 20X20 room, all walls)
wood badge
Finish the Donkey list
Build operating window, including frame from scratch
straw bale wall in a wofati
home made wood ash cement
- build one of the following:
- 5 gallon plant pot
- 5 gallon water trough
- combination bird bath and insect watering station
- 3 flow form water aerators
Build freezer wofati
- at least 100 square feet of freezer space and at least 100 square feet of root cellar space
Complete One Of:
- Cob floor
- wattle and daub wall for a berm shed
- Lime plaster a wall or set of walls
- tree house
- Must be at least 10 feet off the ground, 70 square feet and have 7 feet of head clearance
- Build a cob bench with a roundpole construction roof.
- Build adobe doghouse (or faerie house) with Nubian vault roof
- Cob sun trap
- Wall is at least 15 linear feet, height at least 6 feet, arched pass through with door or gate
- a piece of an outdoor classroom with a rumford fireplace
iron badge
build a wofati and live in it for a winter
- minimum of 200 square feet interior
- structure must be 100% complete by October 15. “live in it for a winter” means October 15 to March 20 with being gone for no more than 7 days
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