How Do You Make Cajon Conga Drums?
A Cajon is a percussion instrument first built in Peru by African slaves in the 1800s. Named after the Spanish word for “box,” a Cajon is literally a box-shaped hand drum with a thin membrane, usually plywood, which reverberates after being struck. A hybrid of bass, snare and bongo drums, making a basic Cajon can be fairly simple with the right materials and an understanding of the concept that makes it work. Place one of the 12’x12’x’1 pieces of wood on the ground and apply glue around three sides. Place the 18’x12’x1′ pieces of wood onto the glue. Attach the other 12’x12’x’1 piece of wood on top of the three 18’x12’x1′ pieces of wood with glue. Clamp the corners together until the glue has hardened and all the pieces of wood will stay together without the clamps. Saw out a hole three inches in diameter in the middle of the 18’x12’x1′ piece of wood that is not adjacent to another 18’x12’x1′ piece of wood. Place glue at the ends of one of the 11’x1’x1′ pieces of wood, and attach the tw
