Glue Myths: 1. End grain

[Osvaldo Cristo]

Perhaps you will appreciate this video: https://youtu.be/m7HxBa9WVis

A different approach for a beaten subject.

Enjoy!

[Eric Arnsdorff]

This is a popular video for discussion. Someone started another thread that has some interesting discussion.
I think the surprising thing is most (if not all) of us would've thought the end grain to end grain would've been weaker than long grain to long grain. That doesn't appear to be true and surprised me. But he also shows it is still a weak joint and only somewhat better than loading wood in its weakest direction. However, not surprisingly, using wood as the tree grows and relying on its strength lengthwise optimizes the strength of wood.

[Jim Becker]

Already being discussed.

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