Got all the frets replaced with the ends filed down with a 45 degree bevel.  Its impossible of course to fit all the frets absolutely level so a fret-dress is always needed.  Just adding the tape to protect the fingerboard.

Thinking ahead the neck plate is missing and I’ve not been able to find one that fits the current holes.  I could try and find a piece of steel and cut the holes, but figured it would actually be easier to re-drill the holes in the wood.  It would be hard to get the final polished finish all the way around the edge of a hand cut plate.

The holes in the neck are rather tired anyway so it’s probably no bad thing to plug the old ones and re-drill them.

I used a plug cutter on a piece of hard wood to fit the exact size of the old holes.

Just add a little glue and tap them into place.

Once the glue is dry just level the tops off.

Same with the body.

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