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Brady, an 11 yr old blind special boy plays the slap-top cajon.
I would say... he really has a talent.

Note: "11 yr old blind special boy" is taken off the description of the youtuber's other posts.

Beat'Abox is local store that manufacture their own cajon, located at Scape, Orchard. They also conduct lessons on regular basis lessons. http://beatabox.com.sg/ Check out their foldable Cajon series

Looking at this recently to reduce the strains on the "standard" posture


http://meinlpercussion.com/products/Product/show/631/609/

Some demo on jamming on it

Since a Cajon is "just a box", I am pretty sure you can build your own.
I googled it up and i found them in kits

If you are a carpenter, feel free to take a look at them at http://www.wikihow.com/Build-a-Cajon

Peruano Cajon
A simple wooden box without any faciful fixtures. Texture sounds like a conga or bongo.




Flamenco Cajon
Is a simple wooden box with some guitar strings added tO behind the playing face to create the buzzing snare effect.


Snare Cajon
Is similar to the Flamenco Cajon, but the snare place was used instead of the guitar strings. They are placed inside the top half of the playing face. Snare Cajon would have less buzzing effects than the flamenco.


Summarized from http://beatabox.com.sg/index.php/guides/cajon-types

The word "Cajon" is in Spanish. It is read as "ke-hon". It means "box" or "drawer". Many people read them as "car-john" or "cajun".

The instrument is a six-sided wooden box that you can sit on and play. It is mostly a foot square and 18 inches tall. It is originated from Peru in their folk music.

A Cajon can be played with hands, fingers, brushes and any other things. You can also get different tones and notes out of a Cajon by applying pressure to the front panel (face) with the heel of your foot or your hands whilst striking it with the other hand. Sometimes a kick can be used.

More read ups:
http://www.thecajondrumshop.com/index.php?page=What-Is-A-Cajon
http://beatabox.com.sg/index.php/guides/cajon-funny-mistakes
http://www.cajonbox.com/about-the-cajon/