Missing fingerboard section and some hardware

Buffing the hoop which is steel, not brass.

Mounting head, using 1920s vintage premium calfskin. Wetted for flex.

Orig. Mfg's stamp

Clamped and curing

Ready to install new block and finish leveling

ompressing wires

FINAL PICS

Ready to tint

Where I need to be, will clear hoop on final tightening.

Curing, with another banjo uke head install.

Neck finish near complete, leveling fingerboard

2 inlay dots got too thin in leveling, will replace them

Neck ready to install

New bone nut, ready for strings

Friction pegs holding tune

Stripping finish

Tinted, taking on clear coats

Missing hardware acquired

Frets removed,

Dark spots are low spots

Ready for frets

Ebony wedges fabricated.

Setup in GCEA soprano, and settled in. Powerful it is.

Time to head home