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September 12, 2026
8am-12pm
This class will involve working with wood and designing a mallet depending on what the mallet will be used for.
Students will learn how to incorporate the use of power tools and hand tools, the proper use of each of the tools, why they are used, and how to determine when to use the tools.
This course will help students build confidence in understanding how to use tools and how to design their own tool. The mallet can be used in combination with other hand tools such as chisels, wood carving tools, putting in wooden dowels, etc..
The tools used in this course might include, table saw, band saw, drill press, hand drills, rasps, draw knife, block planes, clamps, spokeshave, sanding blocks.
Tuition: $40
Materials: $5
This course is for students 18+, or 14+ with accompanying adult.
Your Instructor
KERRY BECKENBACH
(he/him)
Kerry has been “bending wood” for about fourteen years to create snowshoes and furniture for himself, friends and family. A veteran of the US Navy and a retired law enforcement officer, early in his career Kerry worked in Cook County, MN in and around the North Shore, BWCA. During that time he made winter camping trips into the BWCA that were often too cold, with too much snow, pulling overloaded sleds with snowshoes, cross-country skis. Too many trips to count and yet in reflection, not enough.
Kerry is retired now and living in central MN with his spouse Lynn, who according to Kerry has all the talent in the family. When not bending wood and sharing his passion for creating Kerry can be found under the surface of lakes and oceans as a scuba diver and instructor. He can also be found helping Santa during the busy season.