how do you use magnets to attach cavity covers?

[Snoogles]

i've made some covers out of wood for the electronics, tremolo, and truss rod cavities and i was wondering how to use magnets o secure these.
is there a tutorial somewhere?

 

[CTN]

Re: how do you use magnets to attach cavity covers?

you recess and glue in little magnets into the body and onto the cover itself.

 

[ericmeyer4]

Re: how do you use magnets to attach cavity covers?

you recess and glue in little magnets into the body and onto the cover itself.

That is what I did. I was having trouble lining them up and making sure the magnets were centered. So I recessed the ones in the body first. Then put a small dab of liquid paper on the mag and pressed the cover onto it. It gave me the mark I needed so I knew where to drill on the cover.

 

[MojoMonster]

Re: how do you use magnets to attach cavity covers?

At a local guitar show, one luthier used flat head screws in the body and magnets in the cover.
That way he could adjust the body screw slightly to get the cover flush.
I think he deliberately cut the cavity lip a tad deep or maybe it was his way of solving cutting too deep.
Either way, it looked like it worked well.
Otherwise, I did magnets in the body and the cover.

 

[Snoogles]

Re: how do you use magnets to attach cavity covers?

these covers are pretty darn thin... well, i guess they're typical thickness for covers, but still pretty thin. its hard to imagine how to counter-sink a magnet into them

 

[AniML]

Re: how do you use magnets to attach cavity covers?

recess headless screws into the existing screw holes in the body -- not stainless, they aren't magnetic

glue small neos onto the cover. You can get them very small