Adam Shapiro
01-24-2013, 10:40 PM
Does anyone have experience working with quartersawn cherry - how it finishes, ages, etc? I've never used it before, and I'm a bit concerned about how it ages.
I'm building a vanity cabinet and bought some quartersawn for the frame and door rails and stiles. I thought if I used it with curly cherry as the door panels the straight grain would give a nice subtle contrast with the curly. But now that I've jointed the faces, the quartersawn appears to have a lot of rays and visual depth, not the plain straight grain I'd thought. Plus, the curly cherry turns out to not be very curly, much more of a plain face grain. So, now I'm thinking I've got the plan backwards, perhaps the iridescence of the rays would be better for the panels with the not so curly flat sawn on the frame. Or just go buy more wood, which is always good with me, but might cause some issues with SWMBO. This bath remodel has been dragging on for far too long.
Any thoughts?
I'm building a vanity cabinet and bought some quartersawn for the frame and door rails and stiles. I thought if I used it with curly cherry as the door panels the straight grain would give a nice subtle contrast with the curly. But now that I've jointed the faces, the quartersawn appears to have a lot of rays and visual depth, not the plain straight grain I'd thought. Plus, the curly cherry turns out to not be very curly, much more of a plain face grain. So, now I'm thinking I've got the plan backwards, perhaps the iridescence of the rays would be better for the panels with the not so curly flat sawn on the frame. Or just go buy more wood, which is always good with me, but might cause some issues with SWMBO. This bath remodel has been dragging on for far too long.
Any thoughts?