09/27/2025
Anyone looking for woodworking classes in Las Vegas?
Or a shop, where you can build your own designs?
COME TO THE OPEN HOUSE NEXT SATURDAY!
LAS VEGAS — Legacy Woodworking and Design has partnered with long-time woodworking mentor and instructor Jamie Yocono to offer a host of woodworking classes for adults at its location at 175 Cassia Way Ste. A113, in Henderson.
Those interested can take a tour of the facility and speak with instructors during an open house from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4. Refreshments and a parent/child-friendly activity will be available during that time while supplies last.
The fall class schedule begins in October with basic woodworking, a pre-requisite for all forthcoming woodworking classes, following with November’s instant gratification workshop, which allows participants to create various gifts for the holidays.
The basic woodworking class is set for 6 to 9:30 p.m. Mondays Oct. 20 through Nov. 10 with the instant gratification workshop from 6 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesdays from Nov. 18 through Dec. 16. All four-week classes are $400, with an additional $150 for materials due the first night of class. A $100 deposit is due upon initial registration.
Additional two-week classes will be offered in the coming months including floating shelf construction Jan. 7 and 14 and picture frames for your home Jan. 19 and 26. Two-week classes are $300 and include all materials except finish.
Open shop times will also be available for two Saturdays per month to those who have completed the basic woodworking class.
The basic woodworking class is the foundation for all future classes and is meant to arm students with the knowledge and skill necessary to feel safe and confident when using tools such as a table saw, planer, sander, jointer, band saw and drill press as well has hand and power tools. The class also enables participants to be knowledgeable when purchasing tools and setting up their own woodshops, if desired.
Class curriculum will consist of how to set up, use and maintain all major woodworking tools and instruction on wood lamination and planning, inlay, hardware installation and more.
The instant gratification workshop will provide the space and instruction for graduates from the basic woodworking class to create simple, one-night projects that make perfect holiday gifts. Each class session will focus on a fun, beginner-friendly project designed to be completed in just one evening, and participants can expect to create around a dozen or more gifts.
Yocono, who has taught woodworking in Las Vegas for more than 20 years, facilitates Sin City Woodworkers, a social and networking group for woodworkers and has noted increasing demand as Las Vegas Valley residents seek woodworking skills for everything from hobbyist to how to complete their own projects.
“It’s also an opportunity for people to get out and work with their hands,” she said. “The best part of every class I’ve ever taught is how it brings people together. And these classes will also provide a homebase the woodworking community has sought for a long time.”
Legacy Woodworking and Design’s roots are in the community as it began in the wake of the Oct. 1, 2017 Route 91 festival shooting. The fundraiser that followed brought woodworkers together from across the Las Vegas Valley and raised $17,317 for the victims of the tragedy. Ken Beck, co-owner of Legacy, met Yocono in the woodworking community, and they realized it needed a place to call home, to learn and hone skills, and to welcome others who wanted to learn, connect and go on a bit of an adventure together.
“We’re hoping people will try a new skill, meet new people,” Beck said. “And together, we can put some good out into the world. We’ve already shown what we can do when we come together, and I think that’s just the beginning.”
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