What a pleasure to have these Troop 728 Scouts in the shop working on their Woodworking Merit Badge. The boys are getting very close to completing the requirements. Having just returned from summer camp at Camp Pioneer in the Cascades, we identified a large service project to improve the archery range. We constructed 8 archery stands from cedar and plastic drainpipe. The boys used a combination of pocket screws and floating tenons to construct the stands. They each got some great hands on experience with the Kreg Pocket Screw Jig and the Festool Domino. I was impressed with how fast the boys became fascicle with these tools.
Cutting mortise slots with the Domino
The boys quickly became comfortable with the Domino
Lots of good leadership and teaching from the boys
Using a Rockler router table to ease all edges
Gluing the support blocks with TiteBond III
Weather resistant pocket screws were used to secure the support blocks
Watch a short video clip of the boys using the Festool Domino




























16 comments so far
Karson
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posted 430 days ago
great job David. It looks all had a great time
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oscorner
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posted 430 days ago
Nice looking bunch of kids!
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Lee A. Jesberger
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posted 430 days ago
Hi David;
Great cause David!
Time well spent.
Lee
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Don
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posted 430 days ago
David, there’s is only one greater investment one can make in the life of these boys than building skills and that is modeling trust and friendship. I dare say long after they forget the details of the project they made under your guidance, they will remember that great time of fellowship they had with each other and with a man who showed he cared for them.
As we say in Oz, ”Goodonya, Mate!
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MsDebbieP
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posted 430 days ago
aaaaaaaw you are great!!!
looks like the boys had a great time, learned lots, and are becoming addicted to woodworking.
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Douglas Bordner
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posted 429 days ago
Great job David!
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WayneC
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posted 429 days ago
Well done.
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Brent
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posted 429 days ago
Very well done David. You may have started a new woodworker down the slope.
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Thos. Angle
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posted 429 days ago
We never quite understand the impact we have on young people. Great project David. Keep up the good work.
-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon
furnitologist
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posted 429 days ago
Nicely done David…........I’m a BIG proponent of “Role Modeling”........few will do it better than yourself. Kids look good and intense about their project.
Your a GOOD man…..........Neil
lance
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posted 429 days ago
Hi David,
What a great opportunity for everyone involved. Continued success to you and the troop.
Have a great day,
Bob
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Bill
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posted 429 days ago
Good job David. Not only do they get something built for the archery range, but they also learn the skills for later in life too. A great thing you are doing there.
-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com
Lboy
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posted 429 days ago
Nice work David. Can my son and I join the troop so we could use the Domino?
MsDebbieP
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posted 427 days ago
LB. I was just going to ask if the boys new now envious other woodworkers might be—- because of the opportunity to use the Domino.
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Dick, & Barb Cain
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posted 420 days ago
Boy! I wish I had the the chance for the experience you’ve given them boys’ when I was a kid.
Keep up the good work, David.
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buford
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posted 417 days ago
great video keep up the good work RB in Michigan
-- RB