REQUIREMENTS
FOUNDRY PRACTICE
To
obtain a Merit Badge for Foundry Practice, a Scout must:
1.
(a)
Make
a .freehand drawing of a flask used for bench mould·
ing
in
the
foundry.
(b)
Describe
same
llQk.
·
2.
(a)
Show
by
aection
sketch
a mould 'of a plaai
12"
long,
6
wide,
1
11
thick
widi
gaw
ud
V8iiiil;
· ·
(b)
Construct
'tbe
m alf
' '
3.
Make a perspecti\ie
~
of
a pulley pattern
6''
in
diameter,
2"
face,
the
centel'
to
be
cored
2"
by
use
of
core.
prina.
.
4.
Cobstrw:it
a
~
pattern
and
core box as
per
s1cetch
outlined
in
question
3;
d8e .
tvinbge
rule for
the
metal
ueed-GRA
Y
IRON,
BRONZJ r
Cllt
'Ba.ASS.
Chanae
measurement&
to
allow
for
fuiiah
all over
casting
and
pn>per
~ lt
lor
removing pattern from ipould.
S
bl ICl'iM how
a cupola operaw1
6.
(a)
~
process
for deaning
one
of the
above
castings
When
~
mould.
~
(b')
~
O ~
of
the
above
camnp.
J,
Delcrihe
die
propertjes
in
lllD.d
that
are
'Lest
suited for foundry use
and
wll how
to
pr ~
sand
fqr
use.
8. Tell
wb.at
.important
1afety precautiona
lhould
be
tiken
to
pro-
tect
the
workers
in
a
foun~y he
employer--by the
employee?
NO'l'B:
in
each
t:ue
when
a
11tould
is
required
tbe
pattern
must first
be
made. · ·
"Goltl
a
for the
miatn•-llver
for
tlae
maid
"Copl .•
fa o
the
cnfu'maa
cunning
at
bU trade."
"Goacll"
HJ ii
tha
Beren,
littins
ill
hia
hall. .,.Bat Iron,
Co cl
lioil,
la -
of
them
afll"
From
the
Poem "Cold Iron.,
in
Rewards and Fairies,
by
Rudyard Kipling.
By
permission
of
A.
P.
Watt
l I
Sons, London,
Ens.
Copyright, 1930, by
Boy
SClOUtl
of
America
IM-May,
1937
INTRODUCTION
T
HIS
is
one of
a
series of
pamphlets
published
by
the Boy Scouts of America
in
connection
with
its Merit Badge scheme.
Thi
s
librar
y
on Scout acti
v
ities and vocational guidance has been
prepared by experts
and
is
frequently revised and bro
ugh
t
up
to
date.
We
feel
that
the Merit Badge
Series
offers
to
boys a
librar
y
that
is
unsurpa
ssed
in
helpfulness,
techn
ical excellence,
and
wide
range
of interest. Much of
the
material
that
is he
re
made available
at
a
very
mo
derate cost,
it
would be impos
sib
le
to
procure
at
any pr
ice else-
where.
Leading authorities ha
ve
placed
their
time and
knowledg
e
at
the
disposal of
the
Boy Scouts
as
a
con
-
tribution to the
boyhood of America.
t
would defeat
the
purpose of
the Merit Badge
plan
if
an
attempt
we
re made in
the
pamphlets to
cover the requirements so completely as
to
make unnecessary the boy's
usi
ng
his
own
init
iative
a
nd resourcefulness
in
seeking
further
information
to enab
le him to
meet
the requiremen
ts
successfully.
The
material
in
this
pamph
let,
howe
ver,
provides
a
more
comprehensi
ve
outli
ne
of
the subject than would be
practical in
the
Hand
book
for Boys
.
The
pamphlets
suggest the
scope of
the sub
-
jects,
and serve as
a
guide.
In
each case
the
Scout should secure
further
book
know
ledge for himself and avail himself
,
on his
own
initi
at
ive,
of such
opportu
nities for
further study as he
can
dev
elop in
his
neighb
or
hood or
commun
ity, from men
who are authorities on
the
irnbject.
Experience shows
t
hat
men
of this
type
are usuall
y v
ery
glad
to
cooperate
w
ith
boys
who show
an
earnest interest
in
the
subject.
Only
the duly registered
Scout may
qualify for
Merit Badges
.
Second Class Scouts
are
eligible
to
take
five
of
a
selected list of forty subjects.
First
Class Scouts
may
qualify for
the
entire
series. iii
 
iv Introduction Examination
for
Merit Badges should be given by
the
Court of
Honor
of the Local Council and in larger com-munities by the district Court of Honor, organized so as
to
reduce to a minimum the necessity of
the
boy traveling long distances.
In
no case shall a
Merit
Badge be awarded unless the Scout has personally appeared before
at
least
three
members of the Court of
Honor, and
either by examina-tion, conducted personally by
the
.
Court of
Honor,
or
upon evidence furnished by a duly appointed expert counselor, demonstrated
to the
satisfaction
of the
Court of
Honor that
the requirements have been complied with in a satisfactory manner.
In
con;_munities where there is no Court of
Honor
an Examining Committee
of
at
least
three
members super-vises the
Merit
Badge Tests.
In
all examinations, it should be borne in mind
that
the purpose of the tests and examinations is not to secure a mere technical compliance with requirements, but
rather
to ascertain the Scout s general knowledge
of
subjects studied,
and
practical
rather than
book knowledge is de-sired. A Scout should be prepared
at
any examination tfor a review covering previous tests given him as well as
to
demonstrate
that
he is putting
the
Scout
Oath and Law
into daily practice.
With
a view
of
increasing
the
value
of
these pamph-lets
to
all boys,
and
particularly
to
Boy Scouts interested
in
securing
Merit
Badges,
an
attempt has been made
in
connection with each subject,
to
make available facts and in-formation bearing on
the
vocational value
of the
subject.
It
s
believed
that
this practical application in each case makes available a unique contribution
to
the
literature for boys, and will be of great value to parents and teachers as well as boys throughout the whole country.
To
further
this object, those interested, and having sug-gestions
to
offer as to the vocational guidance treatment of any
of
the
more than
100 subjects for which
Merit
Badge awards
are
 provided
are
invited
to
correspond with
E.
S. Martin, Secretary Editorial Board,
The
Boy Scouts
of
America, 2
Park
A venue,
New York
City.
FOUNDRY PRACTICE
Definition
Foundry
practice
is
the
name applied to
that
branch of
engineering
which
deals
with melting metal
and
pour-ing
it
in liquid
form into
sand
molds
to
shape
it
into castings of
all
descriptions.
CASTINGS
Three
Classes
of
Castings
Three
classes of castings, each
having
individual
physi-
cal
characteristics, such as
strength,
toughness, dura-
bility,
etc.),
are
employed
in
the manufacture
of modern
machinery; to
wit, those made from
gray
iron, copper
alloys, i.e , .
brass, bronze,
etc.,
and
mild steel.
Gray
Iron
The
bulk of
the casting
done
in
the
foundries
of
America
is
of
gray
iron,
that
is,
iron
which
may
be
machined directly as it comes from
the
mold
without any further heat treatment.
Chilled
Iron
and
Malleable
Iron
Chilled
iron
is
used for rolling
mills,
car
wheels,
etc.,
and malleable iron
is
used for
certain
types
of hardware
in
use by
manufacturers
and builders
.
MOLDING
Molding
Operations
Variously
Classified
The
mold
is
the
essential
feature
in all
foundry
prac-
tice. A
mold
is a
forin
or
cavity in
a
refractory mate-
rial such as sand, loam
or
in metal,
into
which molten
metal
is
poured,
and
which
determines
the
final
shape
of
the
poured
metal
after
it becomes
cold.
There are
four main
branches
of
gray
iron molding,
judged
from the
material
of which
the
mold
is
composed: Green sand
work,
cover
work, dry
sand molding, and loam work.
Classified
according
to
size,
molding operations are
broadly grouped
as
bench work
usually for
the lighter
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