Waste Factor Data

Our Cherry lumber is sorted for color.  The stock is Red heartwood on one face minimum and most is 50% Red heartwood on the reverse side.  The Cherry is Pennsylvania stock coming from the northern part of  Pennsylvania and occasionally into New York.  We strive to maintain consistency of the color from kiln load to kiln load.  We also purchase stock in that is sorted to our color specifications in specific widths and occasionally specific lengths.  Based on the quality of the stock we recommend using a 35% waste factor when calculating your material needs in Cherry.  If you have a project where you can use some percentage of sapwood, you can slightly reduce the waste factor.

When working with Curly Cherry, we recommend using a greater waste factor than that listed depending on how exact you wish to match grain and figure patterns in the lumber.