les paul switch cavity cover

[the dog]

These two pictures are both of a back of a Les Paul Signature T. Look at switch cover screw pattern.

Their in different positions.

I thought they would all be done on a CNC machining center and be the same.

[pippy]

Just a guess but I'd suppose it's easier on the production line for a worker to pick up a cover, put it in the recess and screw the thing down without having to line-up the cover with pre-drilled holes in the wood. The cover will already be pre-drilled, of course.

 

The control cavity is obviously always going to have the exact same pattern as the holes are pre-drilled onto the cover and the cover only fits into the recess one way.

With a circular cover (as per the selector switch cover) there are infinite possibilities in terms of orientation.

 

P.

[Rabs]

The screws are so small they don't really need pre-drilling... Even though most of the ones I see are more like the first picture you posted...

 

 

Aint no thang!! :)

[capmaster]

All of my LP toggle switch covers are different, so they seem to be mounted randomly. However, I would pre-drill these holes although they assumably don't with any consistency. I guess all of mine were pre-drilled, but I have seen quite a few Gibsons and Epis with the wood broken between holes and cavities - this would never happen if they pre-drilled for the screw core diameter.

[the dog]

Just a guess but I'd suppose it's easier on the production line for a worker to pick up a cover, put it in the recess and screw the thing down without having to line-up the cover with pre-drilled holes in the wood. The cover will already be pre-drilled, of course.

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I never thought of that.

Same thing with control cavity cover......