Cajon Building - Big Images

As requested here are some much larger pictures of my diy Cajon.

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Written by cajonkeith on December 26th, 2006 with 1 comment.
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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.

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Written by cajonkeith on November 19th, 2006 with 7 comments.
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Cajon Building - Stage 2

Continuing my diy cajon project I have now cut the front and back side of the drum. The front side is made of 3mm plywood and the back 6mm. For the back of the drum I have cut two 70mm diameter sound holes. Ideally I would have gone with the one diameter 140mm hole but didn’t have a large enough hole cutter.

Written by cajonkeith on October 22nd, 2006 with no comments.
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Cajon Building - Stage 1

I’ve now started my own diy Cajon effort. I’ll put together some proper plans for this once they are all finalised but for starters I’ve gone a 500mm high version with length and breadth 300mm.

The two sides and the top and bottom are made from 12mm plywood. To try and give a bit more resonance I’m using a thinner 6mm plywood for the back. For the playing surface I’m going with 4mm plywood.

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Written by cajonkeith on October 4th, 2006 with 2 comments.
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Cajon Building

I’ve recently spotted a great thread discussing some diy Cajon projects on the Mike Dolbear forums. Check it out here.

Written by cajonkeith on September 22nd, 2006 with 1 comment.
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