Monk Creek Woodworks

About Monk Creek Woodworks

Monk Creek Woodworks is a sawmill in Donnellson, Iowa, run by Dennis Janssen. Customers bring in their own logs, and the mill saws them into boards. "Bring us your logs" is how the shop puts it. The business also makes furniture and turned items. The sawing rate is a $100.00 flat machine-hour rate. Unloading and moving logs costs $50.00 an hour. Someone has to help take boards off the mill during sawing. You can supply that person, or the shop can for $25.00 an hour. Your own help cuts the machine hours, which lowers the bill. A blade damaged by metal in a log costs $35.00. Payment is by check, cash, or credit card when the job is finished. Credit cards carry a 2.9% surcharge, and sales tax is extra. Appointments are needed before you visit. The mill takes logs up to 16 feet long and 36 inches across, and it cuts boards up to 23-1/2 inches wide. Species include ash, black locust, cherry, hickory, red oak, white oak, walnut, maple, elm, and pine. The boards are air-dried, and the shop will advise on sawing methods before cutting. The service area is Southeast Iowa, West-Central Illinois, and Northeast Missouri, and the shop is in Lee County. Dennis holds the title "Master Woodworker" from the Marc Adams School of Woodworking, and he has worked with wood since his teenage years. This suits a landowner who already has logs down and wants them sawn into air-dried lumber, not someone looking to buy standing timber. From monkcreek.com, read 8 November 2026.

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