Ukulele repair: fixing a crack

I stumbled upon this video a few months ago while thinking about making a repair to one of my beater ukes.  Well, I got busy (or I'm too lazy) and haven't actually fixed the small crack yet, but when I start to feel ambitious again, I will be following this guide.

For those of you who process better through reading, here's the basic idea in a step by step on ehow.

Happy Uke'n!

Vintage Harmony Ukulele: replacing the saddle

with the old saddle removed

Sliding in the new saddle

Just a little bit more....

Hurray

 The first thing that I tackled on this project was replacing the saddle.  The original saddle (not pictured) was a black piece of plastic and was pretty worn.  Not the most desirable saddle choice.  


 I'm happy to have found this uke in a local antique store for $20...but I also don't want to sink a ton

Vintage Harmony ukulele repair project

 I went with my wife and daughter to the antique store yesterday and stumbled upon this vintage Harmony soprano ukulele.  A little info about the harmony company taken from easyukulele.com

The Harmony Ukulele Company went out of business in 1975. Their name, however, is a familiar site to anyone who plays the ukulele. For the greater part of the 20th Century, this name was synonymous with ukuleles for most people. They made both traditional