Your black cherry from Wisconsin should be good wood.
My location in the south of the state is weird for cherry.
Right here, it grows well, but quality is not great. 50 miles north that changes.
20 miles west (on the Allegheny Plateau) it is also much better.
There seem to be different opinions about using it for stockwood.
I know nothing about stockmaking, but cherry would concern me.
Having experience cutting it on sawmills, using it to build stuff around the farm,
And using it for firewood, it splits real easy. Unless it has a funky twisted grain,
then it can be darn strong, but will still have places it splits easy.
If I was doing a hero movie shot splitting a piece of hard wood,
straight grained cherry would be a decent choice.
Last edited by Dillonbuck; 12/01/18.
