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Hey crew had a thought about end grain
Has anyone tried shaping the end of a domino to a point or rounded off and then sanded smooth th minimise end grain
My thoughts are if I turned down the end to a point then the end as such would be less exposed
Does this make sense?
Has anyone tried it?
Or am I kidding myself?

I reckon you’d have the same if not more end grain

End grain is end grain, regardless of whether it is perpendicular or at an angle. If you think of timber as a bunch of straws, the end grain being the straw openings. If you cut the bunch of straws at an angle you'll still have straw openings.

A barrel is probably the best way of reducing exposure to end grain.

A few months ago someone shared a link to HD where someone had made a mock-up barrel out of a stainless pot and made a lid out of oak such that the end grain wasn't exposed. Once the vessel was on its side the oak came in contact with the spirits. The tricky part was in making it seal and keeping the oak lid in place.

Getting your hands on oak pieces big enough is also a challenge.

Yea badmotivator barrels. Has definately tweaked my interest..

yup, still end grain. As we know, shortest path between two points is a straight line. Introducing angles will only increase your surface area.

Ok I'm going to ask it...why no end grain?

Nathan02 wrote:Ok I'm going to ask it...why no end grain?

Generates tannins and harsh flavours in general. Think about how a barrel is made, there is no end grain in contact with the spirit ;-)