Jacks must be broken down to thinnest profile when we near the bottom.

We will fill in this missing end cap later. In this case, only the tip of the log was rotted; therefore, only it will be replaced.

Joints must be cleaned with dental precision.

A dremmel drywall bit works well but is hard to manage from run-away; a tile bit is slower but easier to keep in control.

Absolutely everything to be caulked must be pre-cleaned, else it won't stick or will break loose in a year or two.

Polyurethane caulk to wood, not to paint (caulk before painting). The caulk will seep into the wood and not the paint.

More dental work. This will be filled with caulk and carefully tooled, well sculpted actually to where it is not noticeable.

Again, everything must be tooled, under and over, before caulk is applied.

All clean. Never clean more than a couple of days before it is caulked and never if it will get wet between cleaning and caulking.

Down to our last full half-log and our final bottom quarter log.

We ran out of dowel stock; let's make some more.

Cover liberally with polyurethane; we will let dry and sand flat with 60 grit disk sander later.