Mitre issue-ette

[MikeG.]

...... I was trying to avoid any end grain showing

Why?

what other methods would acheive this aim?

Breadboard ends, as Rob says. Remember, they "float, being only fixed in the middle (there is a variation where they are fixed at the outside and the middle floats, but this requires gaps to be left between the boards of the table).

 

[AndyT]

If you really want to hide all end grain, you could do what you did, but use veneered ply or MDF in the middle, not solid timber.

 

[Farm Labourer]

Thank you everyone, lots of lessons learned!