Finished Hardwood Boards — Cut to Your Exact Size, Priced per Piece

Pick your species, thickness, width, and length. You get one board cut to those exact dimensions. Choose your milling: order it S4S surfaced to 150-grit and ready to use straight from the box, or S2S or rough-sawn if you’d rather do the final surfacing yourself. Listed thicknesses (4/4, 8/4, etc.) are nominal — S4S boards finish slightly under nominal once surfaced.

Sixteen species available including Cherry, Walnut, White Oak, and Red Oak. Ideal when you need a specific piece, not a stack of random widths.

What “Finished” Means Here

A finished wood board is one that has already been dried, straightened, and surfaced — so it arrives flat, square, and ready to cut to length. Most lumber sold by the board foot is rough: oversized, wavy-faced, and unusable until you run it through a jointer and planer. Every board on this page is milled to a real, stated dimension before it ships.

“Finished” is not the same as pre-finished. We do not apply stain, lacquer, or polyurethane to these boards. S4S boards are sanded to 150-grit, which is the point where most finishes go on cleanly with no further prep.

Milling Options

• S4S — surfaced four sides. Faces and both edges milled, then sanded to 150-grit. Flat, square, parallel, ready to use. This is what most people want.
• S2S — surfaced two sides. Both faces planed to thickness; edges left as sawn. Choose this if you intend to rip your own widths.
• Rough sawn. Kiln-dried but unsurfaced, left full thickness. Choose this if you have a jointer and planer and want to keep the extra material.

Nominal vs. Actual Thickness

Hardwood thickness is quoted in quarters of an inch. Surfacing removes material, so an S4S board finishes under its nominal call-out:

• 4/4 (1" nominal) — roughly 13/16" finished S4S
• 8/4 (2" nominal) — roughly 1 13/16" finished S4S
• 10/4 (2½" nominal) — roughly 2 5/16" finished S4S

Rough-sawn boards ship at full nominal thickness. Width and length are cut to exactly what you order — 2" to 12" wide, 2 to 8 feet long. Need wider or longer than the selector allows? Call 412.641.0177 .

Finished Boards by Species

All sixteen species are cut to the same tolerances. What changes is hardness, color, and how the wood behaves outdoors:

• Cypress boards — Southern Cypress, naturally rot-resistant, the traditional choice for exterior trim and porch work
• Western Red Cedar and Spanish Cedar boards — light, stable, aromatic; shutters, closet linings, exterior millwork
• Teak boards — plantation teak, the marine standard; benches, slats, wet-area joinery
• Cherry boards — Appalachian Black Cherry, darkens with light exposure, needs no stain
• Maple planks — Maple, Janka 1,450; countertops, cutting boards, painted work
• Knotty Alder boards — soft, easy to work, rustic character; cabinet doors and trim
• Red Oak and White Oak boards — the workhorses; White Oak’s closed pore makes it the exterior-grade oak
• Walnut, Mahogany, Sapele, Poplar, Rift and QS White Oak — also cut to size on this page

What Finished Boards Are Good For

• Cabinet face frames and door panels
• Furniture legs, stretchers, and rails
• Stair parts: treads, risers, handrails
• Millwork details and interior trim
• Shelving, desktops, and cutting boards

Ordering and Shipping

There is no minimum — order one board. Price updates live as you change species, thickness, width, length, and milling, so what you see is what you pay before you add to cart. Boards are milled to order at our Meyersdale, Pennsylvania shop and ship nationwide in one to two weeks. Buying in volume instead? See bulk hardwood (500 BF minimum) or rough lumber by the board foot .

Common Questions

Are these boards ready to finish? S4S boards are surfaced flat and square and sanded to 150-grit. Most people go straight to stain or clear coat. S2S and rough-sawn boards need your own milling first.

Is the wood kiln-dried? Yes — every species is kiln-dried to 6–8% moisture content before surfacing, which is interior-stable in most of the country.

Do I get the exact width and length I order? Yes. Width and length are cut to your numbers. Only thickness differs from the call-out, because surfacing removes material — see the nominal-vs-actual list above.

Can I order a board wider than 12 inches? Not through the selector. Wider stock is glued up or sourced to order — call 412.641.0177 and we’ll price it.

What is the minimum order? One board. There is no minimum quantity and no cut fee.

• Rough Lumber — Buy by the board foot, random widths and lengths
• Bulk — 500 BF minimum, LTL and truckload pricing

• Red Oak Lumber — Appalachian, #1 Common and better
• White Oak Lumber — Closed pore, rot-resistant, exterior grade
• Rift White Oak Lumber — The straightest, most stable oak cut, no ray fleck
• Quartersawn White Oak Lumber — Ray-fleck “tiger oak,” the Arts & Crafts figure
• Walnut Lumber — American Black Walnut, no stain needed
• Cherry Lumber — Appalachian Black Cherry, patinas with light
• Maple Lumber — Maple, Janka 1,450
• Mahogany Lumber — Genuine mahogany, stable and rot-resistant
• Sapele Lumber — African ribbon-stripe, Janka 1,410
• Teak Lumber — Plantation Teak, the marine standard
• Cypress Lumber — Southern Cypress, naturally rot-resistant
• Douglas Fir Lumber — Strongest common softwood, the timber-frame and vertical-grain trim standard
• Spanish Cedar Lumber — Aromatic Cedrela odorata, humidor and instrument wood
• Cedar Lumber — Spanish Cedar and Western Red Cedar

Custom Wood Doors From Our Hardwoods

The same kiln-dried stock on this page is what we mill into custom solid-wood doors — built to your exact opening, in any species. Browse by type:

• Interior Doors — solid-wood passage, closet and panel doors, any species
• Entry Doors — exterior-grade front and entry doors, built to the rough opening
• Louvered Doors — fixed or operable louver doors, cabinet height to full height
• Oak Doors — Red and White Oak, our most-ordered door species
• All Custom Doors — every style, priced live in the door designer