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
May 4 (Saturday) – 8:30am-6:30pm
Cost: $120, 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.
Mortise-and-Tenon Joints: A Fundamental Skills Course
Taught by Steven McLoon
June 15 (Saturday) – 8:45am-5:00pm
Cost: $120, 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.
Introduction to Woodworking: Make a Keepsake Box with a Sliding Lid
Taught by Yana Frank
June 29 (Saturday) – 8:30am-6:30pm
Cost: $120, 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.
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.
For more information and to reserve a seat, email steven@millennium-studio.com
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
May 4 (Saturday) – 8:30am-6:30pm
Cost: $120, 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.
Mortise-and-Tenon Joints: A Fundamental Skills Course
Taught by Steven McLoon
June 15 (Saturday) – 8:45am-5:00pm
Cost: $120, 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.
Introduction to Woodworking: Make a Keepsake Box with a Sliding Lid
Taught by Yana Frank
June 29 (Saturday) – 8:30am-6:30pm
Cost: $120, 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.
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.
For more information and to reserve a seat, email steven@millennium-studio.com