Reviews for Cherry 4/4 Lumber

I bought 4/4 stock to make a solid wood top for a piece of furniture and needed 3 boards for a glue up . Although the lumber I received was really nice, the color of one board didn't match the others. So, when you order, be specific as to what you need/want so the order pickers have a better understanding of what you are looking for. Something I neglected to do.

Ordered 8bf of this 4/4 Cherry. Color is lighter than I expected, even my mentor questioned me if I was sure that the wood was cherry. It appears that on one of the boards, the straight line edge had some damage which defeated the purpose of having it. Also it appears the packing was poorly done as there where divots all over the largest board. I figure this happened during shipping. Not a big deal but had to plane to remove the divots that where too deep for sanding out. This is the first time I have ordered a large amount of wood online. I'm thinking I'll stick to just turning stock and try to local purchase big pieces.

I am happy with the wood itself although it has a couple of knots that I wasn't expecting. What I was unhappy about was, I asked for a piece of 8" by 8' lumber. which if needed you could split the length of 8' keeping it 8" wide. And you split the width making it 4" wide. But I have made it work, and do appreciate being able to comment on my experience. I am using this cherry wood for an intarsia of a bald eagle. I will be taking pictures of the process of this project, and if I am happy with them I will forward them to you. I look forward to ordering from you again.

Three of the four pieces had a lot of the light almost white color to them and not a lot of red. One piece is warped pretty good but I will leave it to acclimate to my shop and see if that helps. I like the really red cherry so I was a little disappointed.