Blacksmithing

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== Merit badge requirements ==
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===Original Requirements===
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== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Metalwork]] (active merit badge)
* [[Metalwork]] (active merit badge)
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Blacksmithing merit badge has been discontinued. (See discontinued merit badges.)


Blacksmithing merit badge
Status: Discontinued BSA Advancement ID: n/a
Created: 1911 Origin: One of the original
57 merit badges
Discontinued: 1952 Replaced by: none

Contents


The Blacksmithing merit badge was one of the original 57 merit badges issued by the Boy Scouts of America in 1911.



Blacksmithing requirements


Requirements at discontinuation in 1952

  1. Make an open link of 3/4-inch stock.
  2. Forge a chain hook out of 3/4 x 1/2-inch soft steel or 3/4-inch round iron.
  3. Make a bolt of 1/2-inch iron.
  4. Bend and weld three links and form them into a chain, these links to be fastened to the hook of Requirement 2 by a ring, and links and ring to be made out of 3/8-inch iron.
  5. Make a straight lap weld of 1/4 x 1-inch stock.
  6. Make a rock drill.
  7. Temper a rock drill.
  8. Explain how to harden and temper a cold chisel.


Boy Scout Requirements, ({{{1}}}) Edition The official source for the information shown in this article or section is:
Handbook for Boys, 1948 Edition



Original 1911 Requirements

  1. Upset and weld a one-inch iron rod.
  2. Make a horseshoe.
  3. Know how to tire a wheel, use a sledge-hammer and forge, shoe a horse correctly and roughshoe a horse.
  4. Be able to temper iron and steel.


Boy Scout Handbook, 1911 Edition The official source for the information shown in this article or section is:
Boy Scout Handbook, 1911 Edition

The text of these requirements is locked and can only be edited by an administrator.
Please note any errors found in the above requirements on this article's Talk Page.


Notes


See also


External links


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