Cherry Wood Properties by Connected Lines

Cherry Alternative Name 1: Black Cherry
Cherry Amount of Figure: Intermediate
Cherry Amount of Natural Luster: Lustrous
Cherry Availability of Wood: Adequate
Cherry Available As Lumber: Yes
Cherry Available as Veneer: Yes
Cherry Available only in small sizes: No
Cherry Bending Strength: High
Cherry Blunting of Tool Blades: Moderate
Cherry Botanical Name: Prunus serotina
Cherry Carving: Good, easy to carve
Cherry Clear Finish or Varnish: Very Good
Cherry Color of Wood: Red Brown
Cherry Contrast between growth rings: Diffuse Porous
Cherry Crushing Strength: Moderate
Cherry Decorative Figure: Yes
Cherry Density: Moderate
Cherry Drilling: Very good
Cherry Fill before Finishing: Does not require a filler
Cherry Gluing: Average - Requires control
Cherry Grain: Straight
Cherry Growth Ring Pattern Plainsawn: Faint growth ring
Cherry Growth Ring Pattern Quartersawn: Faint growth ring stripe
Cherry Hand Tooling: Average
Cherry Hardness: Average
Cherry Hardwood or Softwood: Hardwood
Cherry Harmful Properties: Non Toxic
Cherry Interlocked Grain: Yes
Cherry Kiln-dried Shrinkage: Low
Cherry Machine Tools: Average
Cherry Mortising: Very good
Cherry Movement after drying: Moderate
Cherry Nail Holding: Good- Nails are fairly difficult to pull out
Cherry Nailing: Good - Seldom splits wood
Cherry Natural Durability: Moderately durable
Cherry Number of Knots: Low
Cherry Painting: Good
Cherry Planing: Good
Cherry Polishing: Good
Cherry Pounds per cubic foot maximum: 36
Cherry Pounds per cubic foot minimum: 36
Cherry Reacts with Iron Fasteners or Hardware: No
Cherry Sanding: Insufficient Data Available
Cherry Sawing: Low cutting resistance
Cherry Screw Holding: Good - Fairly difficult to remove screws
Cherry Screwing: Good - Screwing seldom splits wood
Cherry Shaping: Good
Cherry Size of Knots: Intermediate
Cherry Size of Pores: Small Pores - Closed grain
Cherry Specific Gravity: Moderate
Cherry Specific Gravity maximum: .54
Cherry Specific Gravity minimum: .5
Cherry Staining: Very good - Accepts a wide variety of types of stain
Cherry Steam Bending: Good
Cherry Stiffness: Moderate
Cherry Surface Preparation for Finishing: No
Cherry Texture of the Wood: Fine
Cherry Toughness: Moderate
Cherry Turning: Good
Cherry Weight: Moderate
Cherry Wood Defects: Ring check, warp
Cherry Work Notes: Hard mineral deposits require sharp or carbide tipped saw knives
Cherry Use for Boxes, Crates or Pallets: no
Cherry Use for Carving: YES
Cherry Use for Cooperage: no
Cherry Use for Decorative Veneer: YES
Cherry Use for Flooring: no
Cherry Use for Furniture: YES
Cherry Use for Handles: no
Cherry Use for Heavy Construction: no
Cherry Use for Inlay: no
Cherry Use for Interior Finish: YES
Cherry Use for Light Construction: no
Cherry Use for Marine Applications: no
Cherry Use for Marquetry: no
Cherry Use for Millwork: no
Cherry Use for Models and Patterns: YES
Cherry Use for Musical Instruments: YES
Cherry Use for Novelties: YES
Cherry Use for Secondary Furniture Components: no
Cherry Use for Shingles: no
Cherry Use for Sports Equipment: no
Cherry Use for Turnery: YES
Cherry Use for Woodenware: YES