I make the ramps of my risers different, then there is no need for gluing on extra pieces. You have then enough place for your hand. Just make sure the fadeouts have the same thickness last 3 inches.
Bue, that is great, thanks for sharing the visual. That may be something I have to play around with as I bet that works well. It’s been interesting with this first build where I had endless questions regarding how/why something is done and after wrapping up the first bow, a lot more of the process makes sense.
My next plan is to try and make a pattern sander for some risers and hopefully get that knocked out. Back to researching I go.