Father-Son 1974 Duster Project

JDMopar said

I love that decking. Just curious....the board by the glass, that's turned perpendicular to the rest of the decking boards....are you going to miter the corner of it with the last board? And also do it on the other end of the deck? I've seen a lot of people leave the ends exposed, and the rippled bottoms drive me nuts....lol. I've often wondered how building a band around a deck to hide the ends would look, but I may be guessing wrong as to what you're doing. Post another pic when the deck is finished. I'm sure it will look great.

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Only a Neanderthal would leave a cut off end exposed. Some people call it picture frame when the field decking is sourounded by another board (you buy boards with no grooves for the hideaway fastener) but it's technically called nosing.
Here is a pic from when I was building my front porch last winter. If you look closely, you can see the nosing on the outer perimeter and the field boards butt to it. No exposed cut ends!
On the deck, I like to let the ends run wild and cut the miter in place when I know where a full field board will end so there is no rip....