Homemade Copy Stand
Nov 29, 2011 16:40:25 #
Occasionally I have to copy documents larger than my scanner. For this I use a simple copy stand that I made myself (see attached photos).
Nov 29, 2011 17:43:25 #
plieber wrote:
Occasionally I have to copy documents larger than my scanner. For this I use a simple copy stand that I made myself (see attached photos).
Very nice.
I also like to make equipment.
Nov 30, 2011 07:41:16 #
Very nice DIY. I love doing copy stand work, but I got a great deal on a Bencher 42". I use various methods of tethered shooting, great work for a handicapped shooter!
Thanks for the ideas!
Thanks for the ideas!
Nov 30, 2011 07:51:32 #
And the award of the year for innovative design in home-brew photo gadgets goes to plieber.
I enjoyed your previous design. I did, however, think your design of a trebuchet for throwing Non-Canon & Non-Nikons over the enemy's city walls a bit outdated.
Considering my micro-cell-retirement-downsize-condo I will have to use a C-clamp, steel 3/4" angle iron for stiffness (with holes for 1/4-20 camera screw). Then clamp to a table. Must be easy to store.
I like your light dispersing with the cfl units, but will probably go with two simple desk lamps with shade removed and Al foil to reflect light toward the object. Or use my low cost led ring light/flash. Altho historically when I would make slides for talks we used 45* lights like you have done.
This would also serve as a great Macro-Photo stand for focus. For uniformity of distance add ruler markings to the back side.
Great design, innovative practical problem solving thinking, Kudos. Blue skying what-ifs on a design is not casting stones at a design, it is what innovative engineering/gadgeteering is about. All inventers celebrate Rub Goldburg's birthday and his namesake inventions.
Thanks for the inspiration, d/p Don
I enjoyed your previous design. I did, however, think your design of a trebuchet for throwing Non-Canon & Non-Nikons over the enemy's city walls a bit outdated.
Considering my micro-cell-retirement-downsize-condo I will have to use a C-clamp, steel 3/4" angle iron for stiffness (with holes for 1/4-20 camera screw). Then clamp to a table. Must be easy to store.
I like your light dispersing with the cfl units, but will probably go with two simple desk lamps with shade removed and Al foil to reflect light toward the object. Or use my low cost led ring light/flash. Altho historically when I would make slides for talks we used 45* lights like you have done.
This would also serve as a great Macro-Photo stand for focus. For uniformity of distance add ruler markings to the back side.
Great design, innovative practical problem solving thinking, Kudos. Blue skying what-ifs on a design is not casting stones at a design, it is what innovative engineering/gadgeteering is about. All inventers celebrate Rub Goldburg's birthday and his namesake inventions.
Thanks for the inspiration, d/p Don
Nov 30, 2011 07:52:54 #
Also, after shooting copy work for a while, I discovered the obvious, setup is everything. I use a tiny hardware store bubble level to first levei the base and then to square up the camera. Even store bought rigs need to be adjusted and shimmed. The used USA made Bencher was much better than the new Chinese Adorama copy stand, and I paid 1/2 the price for USA quality, 10% of list. Keep checking Craigslist!
Nov 30, 2011 08:39:52 #
dpullum wrote:
And the award of the year for innovative design in... (show quote)
Thank you for the kind words for this and other posts plus for your great comments. While not a trebuchet, here's a photo of a homemade catapult.
Catapult
Nov 30, 2011 08:46:18 #
randymoe wrote:
Also, after shooting copy work for a while, I discovered the obvious, setup is everything. I use a tiny hardware store bubble level to first levei the base and then to square up the camera. Even store bought rigs need to be adjusted and shimmed. The used USA made Bencher was much better than the new Chinese Adorama copy stand, and I paid 1/2 the price for USA quality, 10% of list. Keep checking Craigslist!
Wow, I just looked up a Bencher. Nice piece of equipment! Good idea for the hardware store bubble. I use one for squaring up my drill press, but you're right I should use it for the copy stand. Thanks for the idea!
Nov 30, 2011 09:28:40 #
plieber wrote:
quote=dpullum And the award of the year for innov... (show quote)
The quiet amusement your provide with your ingenious contraptions, if I may use that word, is only exceeded by Don's reaction to them. I always know Don's in the wings and often bet myself how far down his post will follow. Many a chuckle has been had. Carry on.
Nov 30, 2011 09:44:05 #
[quote=plieber]
Plieber....That's one heavy duty slingshot.... :thumbup: ;0)
How far will that shot something?
Mike
Quote:
Thank you for the kind words for this and other posts plus for your great comments. While not a trebuchet, here's a photo of a homemade catapult.
Plieber....That's one heavy duty slingshot.... :thumbup: ;0)
How far will that shot something?
Mike
Nov 30, 2011 09:55:08 #
[quote=renomike]
The catapult was really a disappointment. Though I was hoping for farther, it could only shoot a small sized water balloon (I made it for a niece and nephew) about a 100 yards.
plieber wrote:
Plieber....That's one heavy duty slingshot.... :thumbup: ;0)
How far will that shot something?
Mike
Quote:
Thank you for the kind words for this and other posts plus for your great comments. While not a trebuchet, here's a photo of a homemade catapult.
Plieber....That's one heavy duty slingshot.... :thumbup: ;0)
How far will that shot something?
Mike
The catapult was really a disappointment. Though I was hoping for farther, it could only shoot a small sized water balloon (I made it for a niece and nephew) about a 100 yards.
Nov 30, 2011 10:05:04 #
[quote=plieber]
Wow.. I would have guessed much farther. I always made my own hand slingshots when I was a kid. Inner tubes were plentiful then too....;0) I was always looking for a good branch fork in a tree.
Mike
Quote:
The catapult was really a disappointment. Though I was hoping for farther, it could only shoot a small sized water balloon (I made it for a niece and nephew) about a 100 yards.
Wow.. I would have guessed much farther. I always made my own hand slingshots when I was a kid. Inner tubes were plentiful then too....;0) I was always looking for a good branch fork in a tree.
Mike
Nov 30, 2011 10:07:10 #
[quote=renomike]
...and some red rubber!
plieber wrote:
Wow.. I would have guessed much farther. I always made my own hand slingshots when I was a kid. Inner tubes were plentiful then too....;0) I was always looking for a good branch fork in a tree.
Mike
Quote:
The catapult was really a disappointment. Though I was hoping for farther, it could only shoot a small sized water balloon (I made it for a niece and nephew) about a 100 yards.
Wow.. I would have guessed much farther. I always made my own hand slingshots when I was a kid. Inner tubes were plentiful then too....;0) I was always looking for a good branch fork in a tree.
Mike
...and some red rubber!
Nov 30, 2011 10:41:05 #
[quote=gessman]
I'm not familiar with red rubber. I used thick-walled surgical tubing.
renomike wrote:
...and some red rubber!
plieber wrote:
Wow.. I would have guessed much farther. I always made my own hand slingshots when I was a kid. Inner tubes were plentiful then too....;0) I was always looking for a good branch fork in a tree.
Mike
Quote:
The catapult was really a disappointment. Though I was hoping for farther, it could only shoot a small sized water balloon (I made it for a niece and nephew) about a 100 yards.
Wow.. I would have guessed much farther. I always made my own hand slingshots when I was a kid. Inner tubes were plentiful then too....;0) I was always looking for a good branch fork in a tree.
Mike
...and some red rubber!
I'm not familiar with red rubber. I used thick-walled surgical tubing.
Nov 30, 2011 11:07:01 #
[quote=plieber]
A lot of inner-tubes were made of red rubber prior to WWII. The quality was vastly superior to the black rubber used for inner-tubes. Then WWII hit, rubber went to war and we began to get synthetic stuff and it all but put an end to what we called a "bean-flip" in Arkansas. If thick-walled surgical tubing existed then, it didn't make it to the town of 1000 where I was when the urge to shoot out street lights hit me.
gessman wrote:
quote=renomike quote=plieber quote The catap... (show quote)
A lot of inner-tubes were made of red rubber prior to WWII. The quality was vastly superior to the black rubber used for inner-tubes. Then WWII hit, rubber went to war and we began to get synthetic stuff and it all but put an end to what we called a "bean-flip" in Arkansas. If thick-walled surgical tubing existed then, it didn't make it to the town of 1000 where I was when the urge to shoot out street lights hit me.
Nov 30, 2011 11:07:20 #
The copy stand reminded me of my days (decades ago) of working in the photo lab. One of the many jobs I did there was doing copy work. While the equipment was different, and probably much more expensive, and of course we were using film, the basic idea and methods are the same. Thanks for the flashback.
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