I bought 50 bdf of common #1 4/4 cherry from Hearne Hardwoods about a week ago. It arrived today via UPS, and I'm quite pleased with the contents, despite my worries to the contrary. The extra $15 to mill one face and one edge was well worthwhile. It's all straight, flat, and square, ready to run through the planer and rip to size. The shortest board is 7', the remainder all 8' long; one 12" wide, another 8+" wide; the remainder 5" to 7". In all, cutting around the expected defects will yield easily as much as 90% excellent, furniture size stock, delivered to the door for just a smidge over $5/bdf. I'd do it again, and just spend the extra for FAS only for the occasional long, wide boards.
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15 years ago