Filling knots, sanding and more sanding

So I filled the knots that dropped out by jamming a bunch of small scraps together with glue all over them into the holes, and then cutting off the tops and sanding them smooth. Someone on Tree2Sea offered up this idea and said it worked, and it seems to have. Psyched. Just hope they are strong enough and don't fall out later. Other than that, I've been truing up my rails and smoothing them out to be identical to one another. And also sanding the top and bottom of the board. Slow process with lots of sanding, but it's getting there!

Scraps glued and jammed into place

View of one knot filled, with scraps cut off and sanded smooth. psyched!

Another


Getting there...