MBZ Woodworking

MBZ Woodworking is a family owned business specializing in custom fabricated functional art. His designs are so popular that we decided to open up shop!

Max is the creative brains behind MBZ Woodworking while April handles the storefront. For the last few years, he's been making pens and pencils for friends and family as birthday and holiday gifts. Max makes a wide variety of mechanical pencils and pens with color acrylics and hardwoods using all kinds of designs - dragons, sports themes, jeweled, and more! If you have a special request, send us a

message through our Etsy shop and we'll be happy help! Lately, he's been tinkering with other household and crafting items so keep watch on our Etsy page for some fun, non-writing pieces for sale.

02/04/2025

I recently acquired this curiosity from a local thrift store. There are no makers marks on it. It's like a Pennsylvania Dutch/ Shaker/ Mission style hybrid. It is in perfect condition.

08/12/2023

I got to have a quick visit to a West Coast woodworker's mecca. I wish I had more room in my luggage and more money in my bank account. Quite the beautiful establishment with such a warm and welcoming staff. Thanks,

08/06/2023

Final installation into the kid's reading nook. Positioned with care between her Nakashima-inspired walnut bookshelf and her rocking chair that was lovingly restored by her Pop-pop.(Threenager for scale)

07/21/2023

It is wired up! Gotta tape some connections and do a couple finishing touches on the finish. But as of right now, I'm calling it done. Now I just have to find a place to put it.

07/14/2023

My second venture into kumiko. And quite an ambitious one at that. This took many months of a few hours a day, only a couple days a week. It will now hang from the walnut bent-wood lamination I made to hold our 3-year old's baby mobile over her crib. I'd like to switch out the chain with something less shiny and bulky. But for now, it does the job of fighting gravity. Now I just need to wire the thing.

06/18/2023

I'm living the best life. Thank you to and Evelyn for making me the happiest f****** father today.

To all the dads, especially mine, Happy F******* Father's Day.

02/08/2023

Added benefits are that the FIX app finds the manuals, YouTube Repair videos, and parts lists for all the tools and equipment you enter into it. Also, if you add the serial number, it can tell you the year of its manufacturing and its expected usable life.

02/02/2023

The worst possible thing that could happen to a shop, happened to a friend's shop last night. A giant in the maker community has lost his make-sanctuary.
Thankfully, no one was hurt. A gofundme has been started, (Link in bio). Please help to rebuild his place of making. I'm so gutted by this and I hope any good can be found in this horrible happening.

11/27/2022

Tell me you have a toddler without saying that you have a toddler.

These are Evelyn's dirty handprints on the wall of the stairs coming from outside. Should I install a low handrail for her? Maybe.

09/22/2022

A new side table shelf device for the misses. Made of walnut and finished with 3 coats of gloss and a final coat of satin. The shelves are ¾" thick but have a deep chamfer on two edges to make them look more slender.

01/31/2022

Months in the making this mostly slip-cut live edge walnut slab bookshelf for my youngest and most adorable client is finally complete. All the through mortise and tenon joinery was cut by hand using my grandfather's dovetail and backsaws.

01/12/2022

The paw hammer has been thrown down. I have found the cutest carpenter. But she could use some tiny work boots.

Address

Bloomington, IL
61701, 61704, 61705

Website

http://www.etsy.com/shop/MBZWoodworking

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