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by **incog** » 03 Nov 2009, 16:54

I just started building yesterday, right now I have my acrylic platen cut (not bonded yet, thats the scary part), my worktop built, some of the base made and hacked up some desk lamps with two AGFA pocket tripods to serve as my arms. I'm reusing the lamps I've sawn off for my lighting rig (waste nothing!) I also fitted the tripods heads so they snap on and off so I can use them with their original legs (although they are too small to be of use).

I am having problems locating Canon Powershot A590 IS's in the UK, the online retailers are out of stock or are insanely priced, right now I'm praying I can pick 2 refurbs up on eBay.

by **daniel_reetz** » 04 Nov 2009, 07:22

Congrats on a good-looking start! I see A590's pretty often on Ebay... camera availability is a real problem for all of us. Other members have used other cameras, though. Check the CHDK supported list.

by **incog** » 05 Nov 2009, 13:37

Still a lot to do. I just won two A590's on eBay from a Canon reseller, but I still havn't gotten the payment confirmation emails

by **daniel_reetz** » 05 Nov 2009, 14:35

How did your acrylic turn out?

by **incog** » 05 Nov 2009, 15:31

daniel_reetz wrote:How did your acrylic turn out?

That bit was just as annoying as I thought it would be, It doesn't like to snap straight, so I have a slight wavy gap in the centre. I didn't bond down the middle of the main platen as the instructable instructs as I was unable to find and bonding agent that would work. I tested plastic cements of all kinds, with and without accelerant sprays and a bunch of other glues none of which worked well. I was unable to find any methylene chloride in all the stores I visited, so I settled on using some pine angle and hotglue to join the 6x6 acrylic squares to the main platen and sacrifice half an inch.

I was able to acquire a 4 foot by 2 foot acrylic sheet very cheaply as one of the corners was cracked and nobody else would buy it, so I have enough left to make another and I've learnt so much already that I know my second effort will be much better.

by **incog** » 06 Nov 2009, 17:15

Really getting somewhere now

by **daniel_reetz** » 07 Nov 2009, 03:26

NICE! I love the rack shelving column. That's a really neat idea!

by **ibr4him** » 25 Nov 2010, 23:41

The bulbs you use look similar to the ones used in At1z scanner, are they good? Where do I get those online?

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