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A Cajon is a south american drum made completely out of wood. It is played by slapping the front face with your hand and it's perfect for unplugged s...
Tools: an electric drill with 2mm drill bit, can also use a cordless screwdriver for this job a jigsaw (electric or manually operated) a screwdriver...
The length of the side parts is the 500mm minus twice the thickness of the birch multiplex. So if you only get Multiplex with a thickness of 14, adju...
First of all cut the long rectangular block of wood to the desired pieces of 290mm. File down the edges if there are any splinters left from the sawi...
Now take the back one and mark the circle for the sound hole. I chose to position it at 2/3 of the height. The exact size and position doesn't matter...
Now it is time to drill the front and backside. The lower front side is glued to the frame, so you don't need any holes here. The backside is complet...
Now take another piece of sand paper and sand down the edges of the holes. Then take a countersink cutter and make the holes wider for the head of the...
Now that everything is prepared, take the rectangular blocks of wood and glue one of them to each end of the long side parts. It is very important to...
Now the glue is dried, we can start to glue the main frame together. The backside gives us some kind of support for this, because we want to have a b...
Now add glue to the edge of the second side part and the bottom. Let it dry a few minutes and put the two parts together. Make sure all the edges fit ...
Now add glue to the top edges of the side parts and the inside of the top part. Let it dry a bit and then press it together. Adjust the position and f...
When all parts are fixed you can add the front part. It only has screws in the upper half, so make sure to get it right. Don't use any glue yet, only...
After all the glue from the last few steps has dried (24h), start to glue the front part. First unscrew the front part and mark the middle of a side....
This is the last essential step before you can play your Cajon. As case legs I used some rubber devices I found at a hardware supply shop. They are e...
When you got here, you already hold a working Cajon in your hands! Plug it in and see what's happening. No, I'm just joking, there is nothing to plug...
In the pictures you see how the snare wires on the block of wood are screwed to the top plate of the cajon. The snares are bent so that more than two...
Meanwhile I built a second cajon and had to take other snares because the old ones were sold out and I didn't want to wait. Now these snares are more...
The last step is to grind down the surface to a smooth touch. You can do it by hand, but I suggest you use a grinding machine for the job. It's much ...
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