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Handicraft Activities
BACKWOODS CRAFT
Do one of the following for coup; 2 for grand coup:
- 48-B-1
- Make a noggin out of a tree boll, and decorate it. II
- 48-B-2
- Make solid “four-poster” for a willow bed, and make a stout bench from split logs, with driven legs (no nails). II
- 48-B-3
- From a log, hew a plank (not a slab), not more than 3 inches thick in any part, and not less than 10 feet long. II
- 48-B-4
- Make an old-fashioned lanthorn with horn sides. II
- 48-B-5
- Make a set of wooden hinges and a latch, and fit these to a door so that it hangs true and latches well. II
48-B-6
Build, single-handed, without help, a canoe or boat which will carry a man safely, for coup. If the same can be paddled, rowed or sailed by one person 2 miles an hour on dead water, grand coup. II
48-B-7
Build, single-handed, without help, a raft which will carry safely 300 pounds, for coup. Add support for keeping baggage dry, and paddle or pole the raft for 5 miles continuously, for grand coup. II
48-B-8
Build, single-handed, without help, across a stream or gully, a safe footbridge with piers, or a safe suspension bridge, or a safe pontoon bridge, 15 feet or more long, for coup. Build any 2 of these for grand coup. II
48-B-9
Build single-handed, without help, a good dam at least 3 feet high in the center, across a stream at least 6 feet ..text pokračuje
