gketell
Local Chapter Leader
My son is bridging out of Cub Scouts and into Boy Scouts this month. My wife runs his den and, with her help, 9 of the 11 boys has earned the Arrow of Light which is the highest achievement in Cub Scouts and the only Cub Scout Achievement you get to carry forward to Boy Scouts.
To honor their achievement my wife and I made these award plaques. We did everything involved other than wrapping the thread around the dowels (that the boys parents did).
The plaque is 1x6 red oak hand cut on the band saw and then sanded for eons and routed with a 1/8" round-over bit in my dremel. We then stained it with Minwax Provencial stain. The arrow itself is made from 3/8" dowel that we stained. I used the bandsaw to cut the knock and the slot for the arrow heads which are hand lapped stone glued in with epoxy and wrapped with synthetic sinew. The fletching is feathers bought from Michael's and hand split and glued on then wrapped with more sinew. Each arrow is wrapped with embroidery thread with a stripe representing each accomplishment the boy achieved during his time in Cub Scouts.
The drape was created from feathers we ordered on-line glued onto leather thong with wooden beads from Michael's.
GK
To honor their achievement my wife and I made these award plaques. We did everything involved other than wrapping the thread around the dowels (that the boys parents did).
The plaque is 1x6 red oak hand cut on the band saw and then sanded for eons and routed with a 1/8" round-over bit in my dremel. We then stained it with Minwax Provencial stain. The arrow itself is made from 3/8" dowel that we stained. I used the bandsaw to cut the knock and the slot for the arrow heads which are hand lapped stone glued in with epoxy and wrapped with synthetic sinew. The fletching is feathers bought from Michael's and hand split and glued on then wrapped with more sinew. Each arrow is wrapped with embroidery thread with a stripe representing each accomplishment the boy achieved during his time in Cub Scouts.
The drape was created from feathers we ordered on-line glued onto leather thong with wooden beads from Michael's.
GK
