WoodwoodHardwood
Cherry (Black)
Fine, straight-grained hardwood that darkens with age and light. Works easily by hand, which makes it a common choice for cabinetwork and musical instrument parts.
Properties
- Family
- Wood
- Category
- wood
- Species
- Prunus serotina
- Density
- 0.56 g/cm³ · 560 kg/m³
Densityhow cherry (black) compares
Applicationswhere cherry (black) is normally specified
FurnitureCabinetryMusical instrumentsInterior joinery
Practical notes
- Density is for air-dried stock at about 12% moisture content
- Colour deepens markedly over the first year of exposure to light
Lumber sizeswhat cherry (black) weighs in each nominal size
Lumber size databaseDressed sizes are the same for every species — a 2x4 is 1-1/2 x 3-1/2 in in oak as much as in spruce. What changes is the weight, and that is derived here from cherry (black)'s density of 0.56 g/cm³.
Tools used on itmatched on the wood family, not on this page
All toolsCircular SawCountersinkDrillHole SawImpact DriverJigsawMitre SawRandom Orbit SanderRouterTwist Drill Bits
Which tools work a material is a property of the family (Wood), not of the individual species — so this list is the same on every wood page, and changes when the tool data changes rather than when this paragraph does.