Cajon (Mk II) 

Great. I'm glad it helped. Thanks.

They are 'snare' wires, normally found on the bottom of a snare drum. I bought mine at a drum shop. Any good musical instrument shop should be able to help you. Or you could probably get them online from a drum seller.

If you're on RU-vid, there's a link to a web page in the description. And that has a link to the plans. However, I can't guarantee I updated them in the light of any discoveries during the build.

@@DustAndFilings The webpage in the details is a placeholder with no content that I can see.

@@MrWaldorfian Sorry about that. I am in the middle of a move and one of the things that's going is that website. As soon as I get a proper PC again, I'll correct the web address.

'This Is The Life', by Amy Macdonald

Thank you very much, now I can make my own cajon

I do sometimes cut rebates that way: two cuts on the table saw, lengthways, perpendicular to each other. But if I remember rightly, I didn't do it that way this time because although I do have a tall auxilliary rip fence, I don't have decent featherboards and ensuring that 30 cm tall pieces stayed exactly vertical seemed a bit too much of an accuracy and safety challenge. However, I must sort out what I'm going to do re featherboards. And thank you for your kind words.

at least people "across the pond" don't call rabbets rebates or clamps cramps. Very odd.

That'd a good question; and I don't know. There's probably a length that is too short where the wires' vibrations are damped too quickly.

I made it just big enough for my hand to go in; and more importantly, to come out again through. 9 cm in my case.

Not flamenco, but certainly finger-picking. And I was alway forgetting to trim the right-hand nails before making a video.

I imagine youd have to explain yourself every time some1 points out the long nails. Would be an entertaining point of discussion among classical/flamenco/bossa guitarists :) Cheers

Would that be a Stradivarius? Great work thanks John