So, having some aluminum extrusion laying around, it looks like a book scanner waiting to happen.

The goal is to have a functioning, portable, collapsible, book scanner before the design needs to be revised to Version 0.2.
Features will hopefully include;
Portability - Version 0.1 will not be carry on luggage compliant but would be small enough for checked luggage for travel.
Collapsibility - Nesting parts that will unfold and assemble with a minimal amount of hardware.
Light Weight - Make moving around as easy as possible.
The aim is to have a 12" x 12" page size capacity for art books, historical documents, newspaper clippings and photo albums.
Some of the information that I have found here in the forum that has given me inspiration includes;
Daniels 3rd Generation Scanner - http://www.diybookscanner.org/forum/vie ... =120#p3346
Seeing this model and the pile of aluminum that I have got the ball rolling on this project.
Daniels collapsible scanner - http://www.diybookscanner.org/forum/vie ... f=14&t=433
Daniels 5th Generation scanner - http://www.diybookscanner.org/forum/vie ... f=14&t=678
nalfonso's Simple, Portable, Personal DIY book scanner - http://www.diybookscanner.org/forum/vie ... ?f=1&t=103
And many, many others.
Looking forward to seeing what the final project looks like and getting better ideas along the way from this group.
Many thanks,
Hugh