Dark cherry

Cherry is a gorgeous wood with which to work. Here is a picture of the cherry wainscoting that I posted. It is easy on the tools and it finishes beautifully. I get only rough cherry. Here kiln dried lumber sells for $3.40 a board foot for FAS grade and $2.40 for #1 common.

Hope this helps.

By the way the reference to dark cherry is referring to black cherry which is another name for american cherry.

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Thanks…. its wood that is rare around here this guy just happened to have some on his land and he had it cut in boards and had dried in an old shed for quite a few years. He also has some butternut, is that something you know.

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You said $3.40 a board foot is it the same as here we say a board 6 in. wide 8 ft long you have 4 feet of wood

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I have never had the opportunity to work with butternut.

That is correct for a board that is about 1 inch thick.

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GMman,

Kiln dried cherry here (across the border from you) is about 7 bucks a board foot. There is a big difference in projects between heartwood (all red) and sapwood (white). Usually the stuff you buy requires you to cut out some sapwood so think of that when picking out boards. Most customers want all heart wood.

Along the coast of Maine most of the cherry trees have burls on them (could never figure out why) and if he still has some cherry trees you can cut off the burls without hurting the tree. Turners love the burls. Usually best to cut them off in winter and not the spring.

Good luck with it.

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Thanks Scott Bryan and BrianM…...The boards he has are of a dark color and I can get them for $2 to $2.50 a foot I have seen the burls he sells them to a wood turner some are small but some must be 3 to 4 feet big it must be some hard to turn

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A price of $2 to $2.50 a foot is a good buy on the cherry. That is about the price that I pay for #1 common graded stock. It has some knots in it but these simply add character and you can generally work around them.

This is a fair price for the cherry.

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Cherry ages into a darker shade over time. He might be saying Dark Cherry to state the obvious that it is aged. But sanding and planing removes most of that dark hue and you are back to the original cherry color.

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