Cajon Building - Stage 3
The next part of my diy cajon project was working out how to get a good snare sound on the drum. I purchased a 12″ snare off the web from Thomann which I planned to string across the drum.
Unfortunately the snare was still a little too long so I ended up screwing one side of the snare into the front frame. Two small strips of wood were then glued to either side to add strength. I then attached the snare string on the other side to a simple homemade tensioning system. For the tensioning system I cut a grove in the side of the drum and then put two small pieces of wood either side with a bolt through the middle.
The snare string goes over the top of the drum seated in two small saw cuts and attaches to one of the pieces of wood. To tension the snare you loosen the wing nut and simply pullback and re-tighten.
Written by cajonkeith on November 19th, 2006 with
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#1. December 5th, 2006, at 9:38 AM.
Nice stuff mate. I’ve been meaning to building one of these (since buying is so dull ;p). I was wondering if you could supply larger images tho, and more maybe. I’ve never ever seen one of these in real life, and I am dependant on the internet to see how they work. sofar, most pages are in some alien language I do not comprehend, so this one is very nice for me. More and bigger pictures would really bring out how it works, and why, making the build that much easier.
Keep it up 