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#2 common cherry and/or walnut useful for furniture building

Hi, I am a newbie and need some suggestions on wood. the simple question is: is 4/4 #2/#3 common cherry and/or walnut any good for building furniture? more specifically, 1) do cherry/walnut in that grade have too much character, making it too hard to work with, especially for a newbie? 2)...
- victoon
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- Apr 20, 2011
- and or or building cherry common furniture walnut
- Replies: 23
- Forum: Wood
Woodcraft common sense

Thanks to someone who shall remain nameless (that'd be Tommy) I ordered the Kreg bench clamp from Woodcraft, using the $10 off/ free shipping code. Of course, I needed a filler, and someone suggested the $5 tenon saw. The clamp is great, but the saw left a little to be desired. Apart from being...
- Bas
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- Dec 10, 2009
- common sense woodcraft
- Replies: 7
- Forum: General Woodworking
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#1 common cherry

I have some #1 common cherry for sale in Winston-Salem delivery can be arranged for certain areas if anyone's interested!
- Geege
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- Sep 2, 2009
- cherry common
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Wood
#1 Common white oak

I have never really bought much #1 common but this looks like a good deal. Buy direct from the sawyer, 6-8ft, mostly 6inches or wider with a few 4-5inchers. At 90cents a ft even if you got 1/4-1/3 waste for knots still seems like a good deal, esp for shorter lengths needed for cabinets and such...
- frigator
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- May 3, 2006
- common oak white
- Replies: 2
- Forum: General Woodworking