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Cheap DIY book scanner on Instructables.com

Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 5:12 pm
by Lunatech
I saw this on instructables and thought immediately of Josh, but it could be useful to most anybody.
http://app.streamsend.com/c/9632061/326 ... Cheap-C%2F

Since they changed to a paying or non paying member site I have little use or respect for it, but still look at it once in a while.

Sorry about the long url, I just can't seem to rename it and have it work. How do you do that?

Re: Cheap DIY book scanner on Instructables.com

Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 8:09 pm
by magicmike
yeah ok, let me know the next time you find a digital camera in the trash...never mind one good enough to take clear enough images of text on a page from 2 feet away. You can buy a scanner for less than the cost of 1 camera.

Re: Cheap DIY book scanner on Instructables.com

Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 8:15 pm
by Lunatech
Agreed, but it's the thought that counts :-)

Re: Cheap DIY book scanner on Instructables.com

Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 10:49 pm
by kimokalihi
Cool site. Lots of cool info on there. Too bad you have to pay. I don't feel like paying for it. Seems like it would stifle a lot of creativity and learning by forcing people to pay instead of using ads like every other site on the interwebz. If they didn't make you pay and inconvenience you I would probably spend time on that site and probably make a DIY entry or two myself. But I won't.

Re: Cheap DIY book scanner on Instructables.com

Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 10:56 pm
by Lunatech
The only real difference between pay or not pay is that you can download the instructions in their entirety if you pay. This used to be free.

Re: Cheap DIY book scanner on Instructables.com

Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 11:01 pm
by kimokalihi
You also cannot view all the pages on one page.

Re: Cheap DIY book scanner on Instructables.com

Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 11:41 pm
by Legacy777
You still have to turn the pages......:)