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Ten Rules for Finish Carpentry A veteran builder and teacher shares the rules that shape his work. I am searching for information and recommendations regarding nail guns and what type and size pneumatic nail gun, pin nailer, etc., that I should start out with. I. The years are the best estimate of when the merit badges were used, but may be off by a year in some cases. Some were minor name changes such as leather workleatherworkleatherworking and mammalsmammal study and did not result in new requirements, a new merit badge book or a new badge design. Mastering Finish Carpentry' title='Mastering Finish Carpentry' />The latest changes were the addition of the Sustainability 2. Game Design 2. 01. Programming 2. 01. Moviemaking 2. 01. Digital Technology 2. Mining in Society 2. Signs, Signals Codes 2. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Easily share your publications and get. Meet the talented young people working alongside our pros on the TOH TV project houses this season. New episodes start Oct 6th. Check local listings. Animation 2. 01. Exploration 2. Merit Badges. The temporary resurrection of 4 historic merit badges Carpentry, Pathfinding, Signaling, and Tracking in 2. Tracking was actually the resurrection of Stalking with a name change. Badge code numbers are shown in parentheses. This numbering scheme was adopted in 1. Eagle required merit badges had numbers 1 through 1. Numbers 1. 20 and up were added after the list was created in 1. For an overview of the BSA Merit Badge Program, read the BSA Introduction to Merit Badges. Merit Badges Now and in the Past. BSA Handbook called the Book of Organization by Chief Scout, Ernest Thompson Seton, had 1. Badges of Merit. They were  Ambulance, Clerk, Cycling, Electrician, Fireman, Gardener, Horseman, Marksmanship, Master at Arms, Musician, Pioneer, Seamanship, Signaler, and Stalkers. Cheap Trick Rockford Rapidshare'>Cheap Trick Rockford Rapidshare. The 1. 91. 1 Handbook carried over all the 1. Badges of Merit except the Master at Arms Badge of Merit. The Master at Arms Badge involved mastering 3 of the following combat skills single stick, boxing, ju jitsu, wrestling, quarterstaff and fencing. The 1. Handbook changed the term to Merit Badge and changed the names of the other 1. Ambulance was changed to First Aid  Clerk was changed to Business Cyclist was changed to Cycling Electrician was changed to Electricity Fireman was changed to Firemanship Gardener was changed to Gardening Horseman was changed to Horsemanship Marksman was changed to Marksmanship Musician was changed to Music Pioneer was changed to Pioneering Seaman was changed to Seamanship Signaler was changed to Signaling Stalker was changed to Stalking and in 2. Tracking. There were a total of 5. These included the 1. Agriculture, Angling, Archery, Architecture, Art, Astronomy, Athletics, Automobiling, Aviation, Bee Farming, Blacksmithing, Bugling, Camping, Carpentry, Chemistry, Civics, Conservation, Cooking, Craftsmanship, Dairying, First Aid to Animals, Forestry, Handicraft, Interpreting, Invention, Leather Working, Life Saving, Machinery, Masonry, Mining, Ornithology, Painting, Pathfinding, Personal Health, Photography, Plumbing, Poultry Farming, Printing, Public Health, Scholarship, Sculpture, Surveying, Swimming, and Taxidermy. Some interesting merit badge facts Number of original merit badges in 1. Mastering Finish Carpentry With Gary Katz' title='Mastering Finish Carpentry With Gary Katz' />Merit badges in 1. Number of merit badges added since 1. Number of merit badges still in current use 1. Last merit badge added, Exploration in 2. Last merit badges dropped Computers in 2. Agribusiness, Beekeeping, Botany, Consumer Buying, General Science, Machinery, and Masonry in 1. Note, Computers was replaced by Digital Technology and ProgrammingLast merit badges with a new name Automotive Maintenance was Auto Mechanics in 2. Moviemaking was Cinematography in 2. Note, Moviemaking has a new number In 2. Centennial of the BSA, 4 merit badges were resurrected with updated requirements for just the one year, 2. Carpentry, Pathfinding, Signaling, and Tracking. The Stalking merit badge was resurrected, but with a new name, Tracking. Stalking had a bad connotation in 2. If we include these 4, there have been 2. My rational for not counting 3 of these twice is that the Aviation merit badge had a hiatus of 1. I only counted it once. To be consistent, I do count 1 of the historic merit badges a second time. Tracking was a new name, and since in the past, merit badges with new names were considered to be new merit badges, I will count Tracking. Hence, only including one of the historic merit barges, Tracking, there have been 1. Merit badges are designed to emphasize the ability to do rather than just knowledge. They were designed to introduce a boy to life including careers, hobbies, and other skills. In 2. Signs, Signals, Codes became the 1. Animation became the 1. Exploration became the 1. Of these 1. 37 merit badges, 2. An additional 9. 6 merit badges were created after 1. So, all together, there have been a total of 2. In the 1. 99. 0s, a director of the Boy Scout division of the BSA stated at a Boy Scout Program conference at Philmont that I was attending that a merit badge is never officially dropped. They are just omitted from all literature, the cloth badge is not made, and there are no books published. Apparently someone that has the most recent set of requirements could use them. I am not sure how one went about getting an approved merit badge counselor. That could be a problem, however that didnt stopped some people. An example of there is the Rabbit Raising Merit Badge that was dropped in 1. BSA records indicate that 4. Rabbit Raising Merit Badges were earned in 2. Apparently the BSA has some misgivings about councils awarding merit badges after they are discontinued. The Guide to Advancement, which replaced Advancement Committee Policies and Procedures in 2. Discontinued Merit BadgesScouts may not begin working on discontinued merit badges. If actual effort has already begun by the time discontinuation becomes effective, and work actively continues, then the badge may be completed and can count toward rank advancement, but presentation of the badge itself will be subject to availability. It is a misconception that discontinued merit badges may be earned as long as the patch and requirements can be found. Also, some youth and adults that are developmentally disabled, or youth with severe physical challenges are eligible to be members beyond the normal age of eligibility and have permission to work on rank advancement and merit badges as long as they continue to be registered. If they started a merit badge before it was discontinued, then they supposedly can keep on working on it, presumably with the same merit badge counselor they started with. Using a more realistic approach, my definition for the final year for a merit badge is the last year it appears in BSA literature as a valid merit badge even though it may be earned many years after that. The following lists indicate in parenthesis any assigned merit badge code number any preceding merit badge that may be related and the number of each merit badge issued in 2. The total number of merit badges issued in 2. I am indebted to several people who provided new sources of information, especially Fred Duersch, Jr. Choosing A Wifi Channel. Paul S. Wolf. 1. 37 Merit Badges In Current Use And Their Predecessors. American Business 1. Business 1. American Cultures 1. American Heritage 1. American Labor 1. Animal Science 1. Animal Industry 1. Animation 1. Archeology 1. Archery 1. Architecture 2. Art 2. 1 1. Astronomy 2.