DIY Book Scanner

shesgottageek, you can access the latest revision here: http://github.com/DIYBookScanner/spreads The jbaiter/spreads is my personal fork where I put experimental branches, it hasn't seen updates in over a week. As for the A4000, try out the vanilla 'chdkcamera' driver, it seems to work fine for the...

That's due to an API change in one of the modules that I use. I have a fix ready but I still need to merge it into the master branch on GitHub, which will probably be in the next few days. Hi there, jbaiter. I was wondering if you'd be pushing an update to the github master any time soon? I'm looki...

Okay, thanks, jbaiter. I will be looking forward to it.

Hi there and thank you for what looks like will be a terrific tool! I'm trying to install spreads on a Linux Mint (Cinnamon) VM and think that I'd gotten everything installed okay, but when I try to run "spread configure" I'm getting errors. Here's the results of trying to run the install ...

Thanks for the info, Vitorio! I stopped back at Lowes and Michael's (a craft store that also offers picture framing) tonight to check out their acrylic sheeting. The Lowes guy had two types he suggested, said one was 1/8" and one was 1/4" but the quarter-inch seems thinner than that. (Alth...

@Ben, Thanks for this post, and the work you've done with the Pi. I'm working on a foam board build (the original used Pentax I/R triggering) but want to use Canon A4000s and was considering how I might use my Raspberry Pi to do it. One question for you though, regarding the timestamp issue. If you ...

Pretty interesting, thanks for sharing!

First question: What type/thickness of acrylic sheet should I use? I've never worked with acrylic and was looking at it in the Lowes hardware store the other day. Should I be using the stuff that's thicker (1/8"?) and firmer or since this is mounted on foam board, should I be using that really...

Buying the materials: The original materials list was: Staples: (3) black foam board 30 in. x 40 in. (12-14) medium binder clips (8-12) velcro cable ties Home Depot (2) 7/16 in. x 48 in. hardwood dowel (2) 11 in. x 14 in. clear acrylic sheets (1) battery operated fluorescent light Amazon (optional)...

Hello all. I've been following the goings on here off and on for a couple of years with the idea that eventually I'd be building my own book scanner. While I'd like to eventually get to the point of the hackerspace standard or something in the range of the 80/20 builds, I've got space and tools limi...