This is a badge bit (
BB) that is part of the
PEP curriculum. Completing this BB is part of getting the iron badge in
round wood woodworking.
For this BB, you will carve two really nice
wood plates!
(source: Etsy.com)
Minimum requirements:
- must
be nice enough that you could
sell them for good money at an art/craft fair
- must be oiled with raw linseed oil, tung oil or some other natural oil to protect the plates
- must be made with roundwood (no dimensional lumber)
- no cracks
- no electrically powered lathe
To get certified for this BB provide photos or
video (less than 2 minutes) showing the following:
- Your chunks of wood that you are starting with
- Progress about halfway through, with the hand tools you have decided to use for this
- List any power tools you used (Otis would love it if you only used hand tools)
- show what you are oiling them with
- oiling the plates
- The final product