I have been thinking for a while on a portable diy book scanner. Last night I have found an idea. In Turkey people use a wooden stand for reading books etc called "rahle" a kind of lectern (I dont know exact translation). I have uploaded pictures below. It is simple and portable and can be built in different size with a piece of wood.
Opened "Rahle"
Closed "Rahle" (different sizes)
I can use it as an base of portable diy scanner. I am sharing my thought here, It may inspire someone here.
"Rahle"
Moderator: peterZ
Re: "Rahle"
Did you check nalfonso's portable scanner?
http://www.diybookscanner.org/wiki/inde ... le_scanner
maybe is helpful for you, and also is well documented.
http://www.diybookscanner.org/wiki/inde ... le_scanner
maybe is helpful for you, and also is well documented.
Re: "Rahle"
Yup, my mom has one of those. It's a good book holder, but it doesn't cover the lighting / camera mounting issues in building a book scanner.