Blue Ox Millworks

Address:	1 X St, Eureka, CA 95501, USA
Phone:	+1 707-572-5090
Site:	blueoxmill.com
Rating:	4.4
Working:	8AM–5PM 8AM–5PM 8AM–5PM 8AM–5PM 8AM–5PM 9AM–4PM Closed

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David Zwiefelhofer

Very interesting and informative tour. Be sure to sign up for a workshop in the blacksmith shop or the woodworking shop (or both!). We spent four hours onsite and thoroughly enjoyed it. We turned pens on the lathe for a truly noteworthy souvenir and also forged coat hooks (fun souvenirs, too). It was really engaging to get our hands dirty and experience a taste of what life used to be like a hundred years or more ago. The co-owner, Eric Hollenbeck, is a very interesting guy, a Vietnam combat veteran who was friendly, informative and cheerfully indulged all of our questions even regarding his tour of duty in Nam in 1968. Keep in mind that this is a real functioning millworks. They earn their bread producing woodwork, ironwork, craft, et cetera, so expect the grounds to reflect this fact. They also run a not-for-profit school educating at risk youth. These are good people doing good works. We thoroughly enjoyed participating and highly recommend you do so, too. Schedule a workshop!

Mayra Mariella

Wonderful, absolutely wonderful place. I dont know how else to describe it. We should up shortly before noon, only to find out Eric was closing early due to an appointment. Eric waa kind of enough to give us a brief 10 minute tour and talk to us. He didnt have to but he did. That meant a lot. We were able to come back a couple of days later on our roadtrip and learn more about his shop, work with veterans and students. If you ever find yourself in the area, please stop by and check it out!

Jami M. Cox

Owner demonstrated some antique woodworking tools, like a picket maker (as in, what makes up a picket fence). That was fascinating. The rest of the tour was self guided and if youre not a tool aficionado might be a bit underwhelming. However, if I were a local with kids I would definitely enroll them in any and all of their crafting courses. So all in all perhaps a bit pricey for the experience of touring the factory.

Brian Griffiths

As close to time travel as you can get, the Blue Ox Mill is like the West Coasts version of Colonial Williamsburg. See not only human powered woodworking, but blacksmithing, ceramics and pottery, weaving, and a wide variety of other recently forgotten trades. The entire site is like a treasure trove of old technology and frontier living.

Lynelle Urlacher

This place is more of a school for hippies than a place for tourists. Very small sign to find the place but the students were working making a huge sign for a customer. Very cluttered, full of dust and dangerous to walk. I got my shirt caught on a barbed wire fence that also had an electric fence around a horse. NO OX ANYWHERE??

Lena K

We had such a good time at the haunted Mill tour!! Made me want to come back and check it out during regular hours. P.S. i do like the eclectic music mixes on the Blue Oxe Mill Radio station. Thanks all that are involved!!

Jason Barnes

This place is amazing. Go back 100 years and see how quickly Craftsman/women did their trades.

Dobromir Montauk

This place is amazing. So much cool woodworking and crafts stuff. Dont miss!

Anthony Eggink

Really cool here especially on Halloween.

Jeremiah Swenson

Amazing place! Far more than just a Mill

Deborah Carter

Great woodworking tools from the 1800s

Mark Bult

What a little-known gem!