This is a badge bit (
BB) that is part of the
PEM curriculum. Completing this BB is part of getting the
wood badge in
Building.
While building a house may be out of reach at the moment, let's get some practice putting together medium sized structures.
Trees are a renewable resource and you might have quite a few on your property. Let's make a log cabin or small building out logs!
Here are some pictures of what we're after:
And here's a fellow who built a really nice cabin:
Minimum requirements:
- At least 100 square feet
- Maybe a coop, smithy, sugar shack, woofer house,
workshop, cabin, etc
- Fully enclosed
- At least 2 built-in outlets and a built-in light
- Starting with round logs (not milled in a factory)
- You can square or hew them if you want
- Logs can run horizontally or vertically
- Natural chinking
- As with all PEM badges, lesser BBs can be harvested as you complete this
project
Provide proof of the following as pictures or
video (<2 min):
- Place where the building will be built
- Logs you're starting with
- Walls partway up showing chinking
- Completed walls
- Completed building showing size and electrical details