If it helps, I'm in the process of building one.
http://www.diybookscanner.org/forum/vie ... =24&t=3002
I went with Canon Powershot a1400 cameras.
And just got some little flood lights, 20W.
Trying to figure which type of platen, glass or acrylic, and how to hold that.
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- 04 May 2014, 21:07
- Forum: Scanners and Build Threads
- Topic: A new scanner design using plastic tubing
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- 04 May 2014, 20:49
- Forum: HELP
- Topic: new here, thinking about a book scanner
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Re: new here, thinking about a book scanner
Collecting some platen holder pics here.... Interesting.. http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fdzi3MTtYas/TEp5LyXMb1I/AAAAAAAAAoI/u3YuJvrucyY/s800/platen001.jpg http://danreetz.com/ongoing_oversight_and_observation/diybookscanner/4cratylus.jpg http://woeka.no-ip.org/bookscanner/IMG_2348%20(Medium).JPG http://img8...
- 02 May 2014, 18:55
- Forum: HELP
- Topic: new here, thinking about a book scanner
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Re: new here, thinking about a book scanner
Haha... If the floodlights didn't work out for a book scanner, like if I suddenly wanted warm white instead.... Just get a timer, point these at my bed.... Nice, bright floodlight "alarm clock." :roll: I wonder if these could be mounted sideways. Handle part attached to a pvc pole. The lig...
- 02 May 2014, 18:43
- Forum: HELP
- Topic: new here, thinking about a book scanner
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Re: new here, thinking about a book scanner
Hm. So how do you attach this to the horizontal pvc pipe shown above? Or maybe it would go on something else... http://www.zitrades.com.img.800cdn.com/uploads/allimg/140125/7-140125100K40-L.jpg In case anyone didn't notice, it's 20W. Printed right on the front in the 72pt font. :roll: I saw thinking...
- 02 May 2014, 18:30
- Forum: HELP
- Topic: new here, thinking about a book scanner
- Replies: 77
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Re: new here, thinking about a book scanner
Lights arrived. Probably fine. Bright enough to leave stars in the eyes for a few minutes afterward. :roll: No switch. Just plug in... Then become very aware which direction they're pointing. Definitely cool white. That bluish color. Good enough I guess. We'll see. Sure... Now I start to wonder. Bri...
- 30 Apr 2014, 23:37
- Forum: HELP
- Topic: new here, thinking about a book scanner
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Re: new here, thinking about a book scanner
Quick sketch of what I was thinking for a glass platen holder.... Dang... the pvc pipe or wood on the V parts couldn't be farther down than the glass. Otherwise it's going to contact the book first instead of the glass.... Hm.. A rectangle around the top doesn't sound too sturdy.... Unless the glass...
- 30 Apr 2014, 23:20
- Forum: HELP
- Topic: new here, thinking about a book scanner
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Re: new here, thinking about a book scanner
Yes, that helps with the light info. Whew... Cool white. I had a feeling that one was right. Or it really doesn't matter at all. The counter balance model has space for lights on that arm. Otherwise, they could probably go anywhere for attaching them to something. I wondering if light(weight) enough...
- 30 Apr 2014, 23:20
- Forum: HELP
- Topic: new here, thinking about a book scanner
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Re: new here, thinking about a book scanner
(Still need to read above....) Someone gave me their old, cheap scanner. Glass plate looks the same size as the other garbage scanner plate I got. So now I've got my two scanner plates. Shiny, brittle glass plates. Probably legal size or whatever the standard size is. Lights have been shipped. (Gift...
- 28 Apr 2014, 20:21
- Forum: HELP
- Topic: new here, thinking about a book scanner
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Re: new here, thinking about a book scanner
Almost got myself convinced to buy... Cool white vs. warm white? My book scanner doesn't have to be perfect... so does it matter? Maybe not. I'll probably go with cool white though. Re-found a few posts... http://www.diybookscanner.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=2738 -- This guy bought cool whit...
- 28 Apr 2014, 19:08
- Forum: HELP
- Topic: new here, thinking about a book scanner
- Replies: 77
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Re: new here, thinking about a book scanner
And then I get to the last line of that color temperature page... "So it is betty to confirm the light color with Kelvin scale to limit it." Betty? Schucky gee. I guess it's betty then. *Alla George Bailey* Hot dog! :roll: 21st century... Who says, "It's betty?" These people I gu...