DIY Book Scanner

I think the general answer is that it is within the realm of the possible, but you'd need to subject the book to extraordinary energy to do it. Yes, that came to me a bit later; if archives currently frown on subjecting their sensitive texts to incandescent lighting, CT scans should really give the...

http://vimeo.com/22606936 The time has come when we need a DIY solution for reading books that have been charred by a volcanic eruption, fused with water, and buried under tons of volcanic rock millenia ago. I mention Mr. Reetz because I'm sure he has lots of spare time at the moment, and also beca...

If you are just looking for a design to duplicate, as a n00b, go ahead and do the easiest/best documented one that fits your needs. The "new standard" one seems to be just the ticket, if that will work for you. Also, I second the notion of just building something, and expecting some proble...

Ha! I was just figuring this out the other night; this post would have saved me some time :) I got a (5V, .7A) cell phone charger that had lost its mate at a thrift store. Don't get one of those heavy transformer ones if you go this route, skinny and light is the way. I just cut off the proprietary ...

OK, now on to what I actually got from my makeshift setup. A sample downsized photo: a000064-b.jpg and here's the processed page: a0128_000064-b.jpg The only part that was a bit wonky here were a couple of plates with manuscript photos, where I needed to despeckle in "mixed" mode to keep s...

I'm back for a progress report; I had a bit of a push on the project last week when an essential reference I was using was recalled by the school library. So I threw part of what I had together, enough to at least do this book with the "cardboard box" treatment. I'll show you what I have s...

As someone trying to put together a setup that is both capable of doing big books and portable, I looked on http://blog.svarteld.com/2010/02/homegrown-ultralight-lightstands-2-how.html with interest. Basically, it's a professional photographer showing how he built these really lightweight and easy t...

I too had been lusting after the Que, thinking it would be perfect for scanned items; I didn't worry about storage so much because of the wireless capability (wifi and 3G for the very expensive model). Should have known how expensive it was going to be when they wouldn't ballpark a price for a year ...

Looks good! One of the things I miss the most about living in the Cities is Ax-Man surplus.

I think I'll work a bit on a platen frame this week, perhaps with a folding design like yours, but at the moment I'm wondering about lifting the platen: I'm using tempered glass myself and am worried about weight with my original plan of using a hingelellogram. it looks like you finally decided agai...