Working Properties
Cherry is easy to machine, nails and glues well and when sanded, stained and polished, it produces an excellent smooth finish, it dries fairly quickly with moderately large shrinkage, but is dimentionally stable after kilning.
Physical Properties
The wood is of medium density with good wood bending properties. It has low stiffness and medium strength and shock resistance.
Durability
Rated as resistant to heartwood decay. The sapwood is liable to attack by common furniture beetle; and the heartwood moderately resistant to preservative treatment.
Main Uses
Furniture and cabinet making, high class joinery, kitchen cabinets, mouldings, panelling, flooring, doors, boat interiors, musical instruments, turning and carving.
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Machining
PoorGood
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Nailing
PoorGood
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Screwing
PoorGood
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gluing
PoorGood
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Finishing
PoorGood
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0.50
Specific Gravity (12% MC)
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561 kg/m3
Average weight (12% MC)
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9.2 %
Specific Volumetric Shrinkage ( Green to 6% M.C)
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10,274
Modules of elasticity
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4226
Hardness