Hi Ddur

Generally speaking, dry wood does nut cut easier then green wood, no
matter what direction you cut, a reason why some turners use glue,oil,
wax,water, etc. on end grain to try to fill the openings between the
wood grains, the wood fiber ends, rather lean over than get cut if
they have the room to do so, the sharper the tool and the more you can
slice the better of course, but that's not always possible, so that's
why people revert to those other things to get an advantage.
Normally a gouge should give the better cut, but if you can't position
it to cut proper, a sharp scraper might do a better job, and SHARP on
a scraper is only good for seconds, don't turn the grinder off, it's
cut/sharpen/cut/sharpen/cut etc.

Have fun and take care
Leo Van Der Loo

On Jan 30, 10:27 am, "Olebiker" wrote:
I have been roughing out bowls with green wood and am having a tough
time with end grain tear out. Does the end grain tear out less once
the wood is dry?