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I received a text from my granddaughter asking me if I would build her a cajon (pronounced KAH - HONE). In all honesty I could not answer her until I did a google search to see what a cajon was - LOL. Well it turns out it is a percussion box drum that you sit on. So at that I said YES - I could build her one. Here is the start - I am almost finished with it - I just need to attach the padded seat and create some stops on the inside so she does not overturn the snares. Here are the pieces for the basic box - will be 12 x 12 x 18 ... and of course a dry fit She wanted the drum to have a snare setting - so I needed a knob for the outside and some sort of "stopping" mechanism on the inside. I used the same approach for both, just used different size drills Here you can see the inside mechanism. I created an arm and glued in a dowel to fit the groves. I used a spring to keep pressure that would hold the snares in place ... and here are the snare wires in place - I had to add another J hook to enable tightening the spring - decided to just leave the extra spring inside The face of the cajon - called the tapa is 1/4 cherry plywood. I decided to embellish it and customize it for Anna The next picture you can see the knob on the outside that controls the snares
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