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Wood substitute needed - stoppy - 03-17-2021
The plan calls for yellow heart or mora. I don’t have either. What would be a good substitute? I’m making a layered cross as a gift for a neighbor. I’m not familiar with either of those woods.
RE: Wood substitute needed - R Clark - 03-18-2021
I used some yellowheart a number of years ago. It was straight-grained and a pale/pastel yellow. If I needed to substitute for it, I might find a light piece of poplar and dye it pale yellow. Basswood would also be a potential dyed substitute.
Yellowheart description
I had to look up mora in the wood database. From the pics, I think I might try to substitute a medium brown uniformly-grained piece of walnut.
Mora description
RE: Wood substitute needed - stoppy - 03-18-2021
Thanks, the more I look at the pic of the plan the less I see a need for either. I think your suggestions are great. Have both popular and tons of walnut. These are the base pieces of the cross and I'm thinking the poplar undyed would also work. Since I have yellow Transtint will do a scrap piece and see which I like best.
RE: Wood substitute needed - Arlin Eastman - 03-24-2021
(03-17-2021, 08:10 PM)stoppy Wrote: The plan calls for yellow heart or mora. I don’t have either. What would be a good substitute? I’m making a layered cross as a gift for a neighbor. I’m not familiar with either of those woods.
Yellowheart and Mora are very different colored woods and prices as well.
Like waxman said use popler and dye it and mora is a brown colored wood and a sub for that would be walnut except mora is so pretty but then again so is a nice piece of walnut
RE: Wood substitute needed - AHill - 03-24-2021
Those are two very different woods, except that there is such a thing as yellow mora. As a yellow heart substitute, I'd consider osage orange or canary wood.