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There’s more than books to check out at this library

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While others were perusing the stacks at the Land O’ Lakes Branch Library, this group was involved in a class delving into the ins and outs of woodworking. The class, Woodworking 101: Toy Making-Clown Drop Toy was offered in the The Foundry Makerspace at the library. The space features a variety of hands-on classes and activities for visitors, which include crocheting, sewing, jewelry making, and drawing.

Kelly Tremblay of Hudson, left, uses a template to mark where she will drill holes for the pegs of her clown drop toy as volunteer helper, Ray Penn of Land O’Lakes, watches and provides advice. (Christine Holtzman)
Chantel Mijo, of Land O’ Lakes, uses a drill press to drill the holes that will eventually house numerous small pegs for her clown drop toy. She’s interested in making furniture someday, but wanted to take this class to gain some experience in working with wood.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Workshop volunteer Ray Penn, of Land O’ Lakes, left, tests out the nearly completed wood toy made by Nancy McKeon, of Land O’ Lakes, right, with Ruth Hunt, of Land O’Lakes, looking on.
The class made clown drop toys under the instruction of teacher Chip Brockman. Brockman, a retired law enforcement officer, learned how to work with wood several years ago when he began volunteering for the nonprofit group The Toymakers in Hudson.
Using a template on a block of wood, Ruth Hunt, of Land O’ Lakes, marks where she will need to cut in order to make the base of her toy. She took the class with her husband, Wayne, and said taking the class was to honor her mother’s recent 85th birthday. She said when her mother was young, she was the only girl in the woodshop class, during an era when women didn’t take those types of courses.

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