Millennium Studio

Woodworking Classes

Instructors: Yana Frank and Steven McLoon are award winning woodworkers. Each has over 15 years of experience in the trade. They make and sell furniture and crafts in natural wood.

Location: Classes are held in studio 221 in the historic Casket Arts Building. The studio is well equipped with modern woodworking equipment.

Introduction to Woodworking: Make a Keepsake Box with a Sliding Lid

Taught by Yana Frank

April 5 or May 31 (Saturday 8:30am-6:30pm)

Cost: $130, which includes wood and supplies

Enrollment: four students

In this class, you will learn effective and safe ways to use some of the core woodworking tools including the table saw, planer, bandsaw and router. You will learn how to mill wood, resaw, route grooves, and cut tight miter joints. You will understand how to get a continuous grain around the outside of a box. Each student will make a small wooden box with a sliding lid to take home. 

Woodworking Classes

Make a Keepsake Box II with a Lift Lid and Splines

Taught by Yana Frank and Steve McLoon

May 3 and 4 (Saturday 9am-5pm & Sunday 1-5pm)

Cost: $170, which includes wood and supplies

Enrollment: four students

This class covers everything done in the Sliding Lid Box class plus some additions. It is a good first class and would be an excellent follow up to the Sliding Lid Box class. The additional skills include making bevel cuts with the table saw, routing rabbets with the router table, drilling holes with the drill press and cutting grooves for splines with the table saw. Each student will make a small wooden box with a lift lid and splines to take home.

Mortise-and-Tenon Joints: A Fundamental Skills Course

Taught by Steven McLoon

May 24 (Saturday, 9:00am-5:00pm)

Cost: $130, which includes wood and supplies

Enrollment: four students

Mortise-and-tenon joints are the most important type of joint used for making wooden furniture. Understanding this joint is an essential skill for any woodworker. In this class, you will first make mortise-and-tenon joints with hand tools. You then will make these joints using common woodworking machinery including a table saw, bandsaw, drill press and router. Finally you will make these joints using specialized machinery including a multi-router, hollow chisel mortiser, Leigh FMT and Festool domino. This is an excellent opportunity to try different types of machines before purchasing your own.

Learn to Turn: Make a Woodworker’s Dead Blow Mallet

Taught by Steven McLoon

Schedule with Steve (typically about 4 hours)

Cost: $150 which includes wood and supplies

Enrollment: private one-on-one class

This class is designed for someone new to turning wood on a lathe. You will learn many of the methods fundamental to wood turning and experience most of the important turning tools. You will begin class by practicing turning a spindle. You will rough it into a cylinder and then turn coves, beads and a tenon. Then you will turn a beautiful dead blow mallet (a $50 value) using the techniques you practiced. Spindle turning offers you the largest range of projects you can undertake.

Learn to Turn: Turn a Bowl

Taught by Steven McLoon

Schedule with Steve (typically about 4 hours)

Cost: $150 which includes wood and supplies

Enrollment: private one-on-one class

This class is designed for someone new to turning wood on a lathe. You will learn the methods fundamental to cross grain turning of bowls. You will begin class by practicing bowl turning techniques. Then you will turn a small bowl using the techniques you practiced.

Make a Coffee Table

Taught by Steven McLoon

Five weekend days in June and July. Final schedule to be determined with participants’ input.

Cost: $500, plus the cost of your lumber

Enrollment: four students

This class is meant to bring together many fundamental woodworking skills to make a coffee table. Everyone will work on the same core design with some room to customize. It is essential that students have experience using a table saw. It would be best if students have some experience making mortise and tenon joints. Our M&T Joint class is great for this. First, we will meet at the lumber yard to select your wood. We will rough cut your table components, and then will mill each component four-square. We will use pattern routing and hand-held routers to make various elements of the table. We will make mortise and tenon joints to connect the aprons to the table legs, and will then glue everything together. Steve will share his award winning finishing routine, which you will do on your own. 

For more information and to reserve a seat, email s.c.mcloon@gmail.com

Woodworking Classes

Millennium Studio

Woodworking Classes

Instructors: Yana Frank and Steven McLoon are award winning woodworkers. Each has over 15 years of experience in the trade. They make and sell furniture and crafts in natural wood.

Location: Classes are held in studio 221 in the historic Casket Arts Building. The studio is well equipped with modern woodworking equipment.

Introduction to Woodworking: Make a Keepsake Box with a Sliding Lid

Taught by Yana Frank

April 5 or May 31 (Saturday 8:30am-6:30pm)

Cost: $130, which includes wood and supplies

Enrollment: four students

In this class, you will learn effective and safe ways to use some of the core woodworking tools including the table saw, planer, bandsaw and router. You will learn how to mill wood, resaw, route grooves, and cut tight miter joints. You will understand how to get a continuous grain around the outside of a box. Each student will make a small wooden box with a sliding lid to take home. 

Woodworking Classes

Make a Keepsake Box II with a Lift Lid and Splines

Taught by Yana Frank and Steve McLoon

May 3 and 4 (Saturday 9am-5pm & Sunday 1-5pm)

Cost: $170, which includes wood and supplies

Enrollment: four students

This class covers everything done in the Sliding Lid Box class plus some additions. It is a good first class and would be an excellent follow up to the Sliding Lid Box class. The additional skills include making bevel cuts with the table saw, routing rabbets with the router table, drilling holes with the drill press and cutting grooves for splines with the table saw. Each student will make a small wooden box with a lift lid and splines to take home.

Mortise-and-Tenon Joints: A Fundamental Skills Course

Taught by Steven McLoon

May 24 (Saturday, 9:00am-5:00pm)

Cost: $130, which includes wood and supplies

Enrollment: four students

Mortise-and-tenon joints are the most important type of joint used for making wooden furniture. Understanding this joint is an essential skill for any woodworker. In this class, you will first make mortise-and-tenon joints with hand tools. You then will make these joints using common woodworking machinery including a table saw, bandsaw, drill press and router. Finally you will make these joints using specialized machinery including a multi-router, hollow chisel mortiser, Leigh FMT and Festool domino. This is an excellent opportunity to try different types of machines before purchasing your own.

Learn to Turn: Make a Woodworker’s Dead Blow Mallet

Taught by Steven McLoon

Schedule with Steve (typically about 4 hours)

Cost: $150 which includes wood and supplies

Enrollment: private one-on-one class

This class is designed for someone new to turning wood on a lathe. You will learn many of the methods fundamental to wood turning and experience most of the important turning tools. You will begin class by practicing turning a spindle. You will rough it into a cylinder and then turn coves, beads and a tenon. Then you will turn a beautiful dead blow mallet (a $50 value) using the techniques you practiced. Spindle turning offers you the largest range of projects you can undertake.

Learn to Turn: Turn a Bowl

Taught by Steven McLoon

Schedule with Steve (typically about 4 hours)

Cost: $150 which includes wood and supplies

Enrollment: private one-on-one class

This class is designed for someone new to turning wood on a lathe. You will learn the methods fundamental to cross grain turning of bowls. You will begin class by practicing bowl turning techniques. Then you will turn a small bowl using the techniques you practiced.

Make a Coffee Table

Taught by Steven McLoon

Five weekend days in June and July. Final schedule to be determined with participants’ input.

Cost: $500, plus the cost of your lumber

Enrollment: four students

This class is meant to bring together many fundamental woodworking skills to make a coffee table. Everyone will work on the same core design with some room to customize. It is essential that students have experience using a table saw. It would be best if students have some experience making mortise and tenon joints. Our M&T Joint class is great for this. First, we will meet at the lumber yard to select your wood. We will rough cut your table components, and then will mill each component four-square. We will use pattern routing and hand-held routers to make various elements of the table. We will make mortise and tenon joints to connect the aprons to the table legs, and will then glue everything together. Steve will share his award winning finishing routine, which you will do on your own. 

For more information and to reserve a seat, email s.c.mcloon@gmail.com

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