Home-made Cajon/Cahon, made from a microwave oven!
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Uploaded by padx71 on Mar 4, 2009
This Cahon (Spanish for "crate") is made from a broken microwave. I've removed all the innards, bought a sheet of thin plywood, and tucked some disposable barbecue grille under the wood, and hung some more bits of grille from that, using some copper wire. The bass isn't as good as some I've heard, and it has a distinct metallic ring but, with some damping and mic EQ, it can make a good sound.
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Where did you place the barbeque grill exactly? I really like the sound, i got a microwave thats gonna bust, i might do this.
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awsome
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Simplemente genial y original, gracias por compartir tu idea.
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this is EPIC!!
wow i would never ever get to the idea to build a CAHON out of a MICROWAVE :D
thanks for the nice ideas!!
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wow.. actually it sounds good..i'll try to make one. hahaha
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if you want a lower frequency, the hole has to be (a lot) smaller...
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The barbeque grill is resting loosely on the front-plate; I've attached it with wire. I had the experiment a bit to get the right kind of rattling effect.
padx71 6 days ago
Can you give some more details like
whats inside, and how you attached frontplate?
tudgemyster 1 year ago
I used the existing holes in the microwave case to screw the wood to. And bits of wire to loosely attach the barbecue grill stuff so it hung behind the top of the wood and rattled nicely.
padx71 1 year ago
@padx71
can you explain in details how to fix the grill..
is it just behind the wood??
007novice 1 year ago
The BBQ grille is wired loosely to holes in the microwave casing so it hangs against the wood; it needs a bit of experimentation. The screw at the top is quite loose to allow everything to rattle a bit. Real cajone sound nicer, but this was a fun bit of recycling.
padx71 1 year ago
nice idea... i can salvage my microwave and make one like that... Cool...
jasdoithon 2 years ago
Glad you liked it. Mine had its first gig on Saturday, and a proper latin american musician recognised it as a cajon! Good luck with your project.
padx71 2 years ago