The Resonator

[GreyFloyd]

Thanks Overlord! Thought I'd post my first kit build of an LP and my custom orange!!

[GreyFloyd]

[GreyFloyd]

Stewmac says you shouldn't glue or attach in any way the spider cone to the guitar. My spider cone has four screw holes which suggests to me that it should be screwed to the rim. Puzzled!?!!

[FrankenWashie]

Don’t screw it down GF, you might need to check that it is not sitting proud on those burrs though.
Whole point of the lip is that is sits firmly against the body and you shouldn’t need any glue or similar to get it to sit right.

[cork sniffer]

Stewmac says you shouldn't glue or attach in any way the spider cone to the guitar. My spider cone has four screw holes which suggests to me that it should be screwed to the rim. Puzzled!?!!

Stewmac are correct.
Beauty of an alloy cone and raw timber rim is you can gently rotate the cone through a few degrees with a little down pressure and the alloy will mark the high spots on the rim. Keep sanding the dark witness marks away until you have cone contact all of the way around the rim and it's job done. String pressure will hold all in place.

[GreyFloyd]

Thanks FW/CS. Just wondered why it had the four screw holes. Still getting marks on the base of the body while rotating so will continue to sand and hopefully not go right thru the back!! Or should that be sanding the rim? Don't seem to have any marks there.

[kuanjb]

Thanks FW/CS. Just wondered why it had the four screw holes. Still getting marks on the base of the body while rotating so will continue to sand and hopefully not go right thru the back!! Or should that be sanding the rim? Don't seem to have any marks there.

You'll probably have to cut out the bottom like CS and FW.

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[FrankenWashie]

Thanks FW/CS. Just wondered why it had the four screw holes. Still getting marks on the base of the body while rotating so will continue to sand and hopefully not go right thru the back!! Or should that be sanding the rim? Don't seem to have any marks there.

You won’t go through the back of the body, but there is an air gap between the central wood core and the back ply.
if you go through then I’d just remove the whole section. It won’t affect anything

[cork sniffer]

Still getting marks on the base of the body while rotating so will continue to sand and hopefully not go right thru the back!! Or should that be sanding the rim? Don't seem to have any marks there.

Go back to post #13 in this thread date 21/11/18.
Have a good look at the two photos and then cut the bottom out of your body. This will allow the cone edge to sit on the rim that will then require sanding until the cone sits supported all of the way around.

[cork sniffer]

Check this photo.
Cut away the area with black X.
Rub cone and sand over and over again at red lines.
EDIT, This photo already gas the offending base cut away at black X.