Buildin´a CAJON
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yoothgeye
I build stuff.
I think I have just enough super powers to deal with metric measurements. Anyway, looks like your top, bottom, and sides are made of 3/4" or 5/8" wood, what is the thickness of your front and back? I looked online at a Pearl Cajon today and it looked like it's back panel was as thick as the rest of it.
I'll have to measure mine, I don't remember what thickness wood we used for the different parts, it was whatever we had on hand. 
I'd like to build a string one one day, but the snare one works pretty well. It takes some practice to get a consistent sound out of it, but it's cool!
Here's the back of mine, I'd have to open it up to show you the snares inside.
I'd like to build a string one one day, but the snare one works pretty well. It takes some practice to get a consistent sound out of it, but it's cool!
Here's the back of mine, I'd have to open it up to show you the snares inside.
Nice one Funky! Only snares ha? I´d like to see that.
Measurements vary a lot, haven´t seen same wood thickness or sizes in all tutorials I read, so I did too went with what was in hand.
Added some extra screws to the front side last night, thanks to yoothgeye who made me do a little more research. Apparently the more screws, the better it´ll sound, So thanks pal!! :wink:
Measurements vary a lot, haven´t seen same wood thickness or sizes in all tutorials I read, so I did too went with what was in hand.
Added some extra screws to the front side last night, thanks to yoothgeye who made me do a little more research. Apparently the more screws, the better it´ll sound, So thanks pal!! :wink:
yoothgeye
I build stuff.
Gdcast said:
Haha, no problem, yeah it seems that with more screws it will be a "tighter" box and produce a more solid sound. I e-mailed my father-in-law and told him all about these things, he's a wood worker and my nephew (his grandson) messes with drums so I thought the father-in-law could make one for him. He also owns an audio/video business, he is good friends with the creator/designer/owner of Worx Audio, so he is going to call him to see if they ever have defect speaker boxes at the factory that he could get his hands on so we could build a couple of these out of his speaker boxes. Worx speaker boxes use 13 ply void free imported plywood and would sound great!
You guys got me interested. I think I may give it a go.
Did you see this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU4PbmNf ... re=related
Did you see this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU4PbmNf ... re=related
Haven't seen that one highship, now I can´t wait to get home and try to do the same! Thanks for the link
And I think you should definitely give it a go.
Found a music store on Monday and got in to see if I could find any cajon to compare mine with, as a matter, of fact there was a Pearl one... boy I got so disappointed at it, I thought "It´s a Pearl, it has to sound great compared to mine"... it dosen´t !!!
For some reason it´s strings run across the centre, and the bass sound is awful, neither my wife or I could believe it!! Plus, the Pearl goes for $ 350 here, and mine costed $ 25 bucks!
Yoothgeye, how is yours coming along?
And I think you should definitely give it a go.
Found a music store on Monday and got in to see if I could find any cajon to compare mine with, as a matter, of fact there was a Pearl one... boy I got so disappointed at it, I thought "It´s a Pearl, it has to sound great compared to mine"... it dosen´t !!!
For some reason it´s strings run across the centre, and the bass sound is awful, neither my wife or I could believe it!! Plus, the Pearl goes for $ 350 here, and mine costed $ 25 bucks!
Yoothgeye, how is yours coming along?
