DIY Book Scanner

Thus, what this post describes is the equipment and processes used to transform the book media, without the controls of the publishers, in a way which fits my personal use. If digital book ownership was the same as physical book ownership this transformation would not be required. Perfectly said. Q...

John, thank you so much for this update and for sharing this insightful and impressive work. Might be a slightly sensitive question for some, but I see in your original post that you discard some or all of the books after debinding and scanning. Two questions: *Did you proceed this way and are you h...

Noitaenola, would you consider compiling a PDF to get people engaged? I would like to read/see your manual but compiling tex is a high barrier for some.

Konos, is that your video? Cool stuff.

The snap system are a good substitute. For the record, the lens pitch used on the Archivist was 10LPI (lines per inch) and the lenses are the cylindrical type where the focal plane is the back surface of the lenticular.

I have always wanted a thing like this, but with even more "reach". Does it stay up pretty well?

camwow13, I just want to congratulate you on an awesome build. Great work.

If you're willing to put in the effort, I am willing to support this work, enthusiastically. We'll have to figure out what it means to host it elsewhere (I really want the "canonical" copy to remain here).

Since I control the license, I can help alleviate any issues there.

I edited the main post, this scanner has been sold.

The Soviets had an interesting briefcase machine called the Yolka.

https://www.cryptomuseum.com/covert/cam ... /index.htm