Craft for my Woodbadge II Course

[Normark]

Hey Guys..

Awhile back I asked for your help on deciding on a craft that i had to make for my Woodbadge II Training with Scouts...

Ya'll had some Great ideas,, however I kind of had mu heart set on a woggle,, so this is what I came up with

By normark1 at 2010-06-16

By Normark1 at 2010-06-16

A Woggle made from a Black Walnut..

I needed about 10 of them, however ended up making about 50 in the process, and Easily broke just as many...

There are a hard but to drill,, and care must be taken, or them simply explode from the vibration...

By the last 10 or so I had the process nailed down...

First a small pilot hole,, then a much larger hole 5/8" I believe.. A spade bit doesn't work well on these..

Then after knocking all of the meat out I proceeded to carve away the chambers with a Coarse round file in the drill press.. This went actually pretty quick..


To give them more stability I used 5 min epoxy on the entire inside, although simply doing the seams would suffice... These were not only as a craft,, but a commemorative woggle I gave to my entire class including Instructors

When they were done and epoxy was set I again carved out any excess epoxy, clear coated them with 2 coats of Krylon Crystal Clear and then cleaned off any residual hardener that leached out of the epoxy..

I think they turned out pretty cool and everyone really liked them...

Thanks for all of the suggestions,, it really got me thinking..

BTW

By Normark1 at 2010-06-16


Here is my "Beaver Trap" woggle... ( Beavers in Canadian Scouting are the little guys before they reach cub age .

And Here is a Beaver Falling for the Trap

By normark1 at 2010-06-16

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Eric
O/ST

 

[wildmike]

Nice woggle!

I really like the beaver trap one.

 

[Normark]

Mike..

Thanks..

I left it on a picnic table and when I came back the Tootsie Roll was missing.. I have now replaced it with a mini tootsie roll..

The plan is to get everyone use to it,,Really Funny stealing Scouter Eric's Tootsie Roll,,Yaaa Real Funny.. Then Swap the Fake Beaver Trap out for a Real Mouse Trap when no one is looking..

LOL

 

[pitdog]

Great stuff buddy they came out great !

Love the Beaver trap woggle as well, LOL !!!

Mrs Pit used to run a group the same age back in England, she really enjoyed it !