Old hide is sturdy,  I'll patch 2 holes and clean her up.
She will sound stellar on the vintage skin

Normal corrosion inside, all hardware will be buff edand waxed
 
 

Fingerboard lifting a tad, ill shoot in some glue, no biggie

All apart, ready to clean and add some fresh finish

Clamp off while glue sets

Frets are being sealed into the dried out fingerboard and the rough ends will be trimmed, the frets all re-leveled, recrowned and polished
You can see a little dust where I pulled the fret leveler and felt they were all loose so stopped to seal them

All this will be wire wheeled to remove rust and buffed

Head bearing will be pulled and cleaned

After leveling , recrowning

A little gold leaf for the logo
Original was Silver but I like to use gold

Headstick dyed, frets completed fingerboard scuffed and ready for finish

Sealing the 2 cracks in the back and I will attempt to take some of that gouge out.

Neck sanded and ready for finish
 it does have one old broken screw in the tuners, no biggie, it can stay.There is a crack that has begun to widen on the heel, I  will pop a pin in there later
 
 

Got alot of the bad area smoothed out

Fade on the backplate, heel and rim bottom

Taking on clear

Oh yeah, gotta pin that heel
I'll do it now before I get any further into the finish
 

Ill use an alum tube, in case later someone need to drill it out for any reason
It will go all the way thru the doel and under the fingerboard, stabilizing the heel for certain

Rim finish complete, shoes polished and reinstalled.

SETUP

 
Strings arrived and its setup with the nut slots and bridge cut in for a good action
Very nice tone with plenty of power on the vintage skin and Aquila Nylguts  , the preferred string of Banjohaven for any uke or banjo uke.
I will let them settle in over the weekend, do the final adjustments and get her home to Terri to make music.
Thanks for watching,
Vinnie