DIY Book Scanner

An Android camera could make things easier for the end-user, provided it's a real Android camera and not a locked-down camera with just camera functionality . As said above, some of the book scanning software could be loaded onto the camera so that some stages such as adjustment of aperture for brig...

That is a good catch. I had originally meant that support after the thing was built would not be given by the maker, and I see now that I certainly wasn't clear about that! But Dan's change is just as good.

I like the book ones -- either #2 or #4.

Topic locked at request of M@rtijn. He'll create another post with corrections.

I said book scanner, not cat scanner!

I think that would work. I'm pretty sure it would work. In fact, I'm also pretty sure that if it does work, I'll feel like an idiot for using L-brackets Can anyone else think of a reason why this wouldn't work?

No, the new design is here: http://www.diybookscanner.org/forum/vie ... =28&t=2593

I've updated the top of this post to reflect that.

Nice! Lathes are awesome tools. I've been buzzing with impatience since the lathe at my makerspace got totalled by someone driving their car through the wall.

Yes -- that's one thing I should have mentioned, that you need to slide the cable housing all the way towards the brake lever, and then you can adjust the finger end of the wire. However, even when I did that, it wouldn't work without a clamp. I showed the brake lever and brake cable with the finger...

The cable shown in the post you referenced is not the same as the cables we used or the ones you have! First, reverse your ends so that they look like my pix above. Next, take the other end and hook it into the bicycle brake. The large funny-shaped metal thing which is loose on that end goes outside...