Anyone interested in figured cherry?

[Dan Bowman]

I'm looking into buying some figured cherry from this ebay seller and wanted to find out if anyone has interest in taking some of the wood off my hands. The price, with shipping, would be about 8.50 per board foot. It looks like beautiful wood:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/100-BDFT-4-...435?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f108fa6bb

Alternatively, if anyone has a NC supplier of quality figured cherry, I'd love to hear about it!

 

[eyekode]

Wow, that stuff really looks nice! If I were not 2 projects in the hole I would be interested .

 

[bash]

Hey Dan,

That is beautiful wood. If you get it I would be interested in 20 to 25 BF. Let me know.

Bruce

 

[CDPeters]

Check with Somerton Ridge Hardwoods in Boykins, VA. Chris had some nice looking curly cherry a few months ago - IIRC at lower than $8.50.

Chris Vickers
email: chris@somertonridgehardwoods.com
cell: 757-374-9270
website: www.somertonridgehardwoods.com (not yet stood up)

I also got an email from him recently saying he now stocks popular exotics - including birdseye maple - hard to find these days!

Tell Chris I sent ya!

C.

 

[CLetts]

I would be interested in 30 - 50 bf.

 

[lwhughes149]

I have a question about figured cherry. When I run into a section of wood that has some curly design I find it very hard and difficult to work with. Would I find this to be the case with figured cherry?

 

[Jeremy Scuteri]

I have a question about figured cherry. When I run into a section of wood that has some curly design I find it very hard and difficult to work with. Would I find this to be the case with figured cherry?

Absolutely. I find it isn't too bad as long as you take things slow. A patch of curly wood isn't any different than an entire board that is figured. One thing that comes to mind is that a small patch of curl on a board can be frustrating since that curly patch wants you to remove stock much slower than the rest of the board. So you set how much stock is removed and it all goes great until you hit that curly patch and you get a bunch of tear out....

 

[Sanders Fine Woodworking]

A week or two ago Rick at The Woodworking Source had some very nice curly cherry. He may still have some. Check his ad on the right side bar.

 

[blbradford]

I would also be up for 30-50 bdft