In keeping with the "buy parts and assemble" ethos of this tutorial, would it be better to avoid the more advanced techniques such as refinishing, bridge conversion and neck construction, and limit yourself to sourcing premade components, fitting a bridge to the route it was intended for, fitting a premade neck and checking for alignment, doing a fret dress and setup etc? You could always include some more detailed steps in the tutorial such as how to plug and re-drill the trem post screws if the bridge doesn't exactly align with the original screw holes, or how to tweak the neck pocket if the neck heel is a slightly different shape.
As a relative new comer to this site, and to guitar building/assembly/construction/design/finishing/, I feel that the site is lacking a bit in these basic tips and principles. There seems to be a lot devoted to the very experienced builder, which is awesome to read about and look at their pretty pictures. However, there seems to be a disparity between the accomplished builder and those that are still learning. I am aware that much time and effort has been spent by those that share their incredible builds with us. And I love going through the "build in progress" threads, but the skill and tool set to get there is daunting. Having some properly illustrated and described "baby step" threads and tutorials would be very encouraging to me and am I sure many others. Nothing is more gratifying than a successful project. And nothing is more discouraging than a failed one.
If you were to make this more of an intermediate tutorial (maybe the reader has a couple of partscaster builds under their belt by this stage?) you could perhaps include a section on building a standard neck from scratch, stripping the body and refinishing, blocking the trem and fitting a hardtail, rerouting the neck pickup for a humbucker etc.
Maybe Two threads are in order? If some of the more seasoned members would each take on different levels of these experimental/edifying builds, it could be quite inspiring. Also, I would like to say how much I genuinely appreciate the generosity of everyone's knowledge on this site.