All Scouts & Parents
We made good progress over this camp out weekend and at the meeting on Monday toward completing some Carpentry Merit badge requirements, but we still have a lot to do.
For Monday 11/22 we will still need to do the hand plane and saw exercises, and there are a few stragglers for the level, chalk line and mitre saw.
To do the scout built projects and shingling I'm scheduling a day, tentatively on SAT 12/10, at my house.
To teach shingling I'm going to use a small project that I need to do at my house, which is a shed roof. No I'm not scamming for some free child labor, it would be a lot less work for me to finish this project on my own in a couple hours rather than teaching 25 scouts how to lay shingles.
The project options that I think fit the requirement are a stool, a blue bird house and bat house. The scouts can choose which one they want to build.
The are several reasons i want to do a full day at my house,
-I can't move the shed :-)
-There are too many scouts to work on just one activity
-We can get the adult leaders and tools together, while the scouts have to do all the work, we can advise (and monitor)
-This will allow any scouts that have missed activities/skills to catch up
-Lastly we only have until the end of the year to complete the requirements
I realize that this is a busy time of the year, so I apologize up front for taking a day.
I do however need a firm commitment from those that intend to take part.
Please RSVP to this email to confirm your attendance.
Once I have sufficient interest, I'll send out further instructions.
Thank You
Michael Ryan
We made good progress over this camp out weekend and at the meeting on Monday toward completing some Carpentry Merit badge requirements, but we still have a lot to do.
For Monday 11/22 we will still need to do the hand plane and saw exercises, and there are a few stragglers for the level, chalk line and mitre saw.
To do the scout built projects and shingling I'm scheduling a day, tentatively on SAT 12/10, at my house.
To teach shingling I'm going to use a small project that I need to do at my house, which is a shed roof. No I'm not scamming for some free child labor, it would be a lot less work for me to finish this project on my own in a couple hours rather than teaching 25 scouts how to lay shingles.
The project options that I think fit the requirement are a stool, a blue bird house and bat house. The scouts can choose which one they want to build.
The are several reasons i want to do a full day at my house,
-I can't move the shed :-)
-There are too many scouts to work on just one activity
-We can get the adult leaders and tools together, while the scouts have to do all the work, we can advise (and monitor)
-This will allow any scouts that have missed activities/skills to catch up
-Lastly we only have until the end of the year to complete the requirements
I realize that this is a busy time of the year, so I apologize up front for taking a day.
I do however need a firm commitment from those that intend to take part.
Please RSVP to this email to confirm your attendance.
Once I have sufficient interest, I'll send out further instructions.
Thank You
Michael Ryan
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