Last October, in NYC, I announced a new DIY Book Scanner kit (the “Hackerspace Scanner”).
Today, after dozens of revisions, hundreds of hours of work, and thousands of great ideas from the community, the first eight kits are ready for purchase.
Pick one up at http://diybookscanner.myshopify.com/ – price includes domestic shipping.
If you order in the next 24 hours, I will ship tomorrow (Monday, June 4th). Otherwise, your order will ship on Saturday, June 9th.
This is a beta run. If you are interested, I encourage you to buy one now. These first 8 scanners will get extra personal support from me to make sure you get comfortably past the construction stage.
This is Open Hardware.
Here are the design files used to make this scanner.
DETAILS:
REGION:
Currently, I can only ship within the domestic USA, but anywhere in the USA is fine. I am working on solutions for people outside the USA. I take international customers seriously.
The price, including shipping:
$595.00
The specific wood that the parts will be cut from.
18mm CARB-compliant Baltic Birch. This is the best Baltic Birch available in SoCal.
Hardware:
I am including everything except glass, paint, and cameras. That means you’ll get every screw, bearing, bolt, and even a wired-up LED light for your rig. You’ll have to paint the wood, decide on a camera, and buy the glass locally (it just doesn’t ship well).
I will be gone between Tuesday June 4th until Saturday June 9th. After I return, there will be about a week where I tool up to do large runs of scanners.
Here you go, people who want kits! I have kits available NOW. And I am SO HAPPY ABOUT IT.
Please ask any questions about the kits here.
Thanks, Daniel, for all your hard work and your generosity. Men like you are what made this country great! In fact, my old limited edition of Benjamin Franklin’s autobiography, which has a very small typeset, is what prompted my interest in building a book scanner. I have read most all of the diybookscanner.org blogs that date back years and have built a platen from the ideas therein. NOW, you have made it even better and available to the public. Please let me know when the next batch is ready to ship!
FYI
Benjamin Franklin believed in “Open Source” when, in 1742, he invented the first open stove, the “Pennsylvania Fireplace”. He declined the offer of a patent “from a principle which has ever weighed with me (Franklin) on such occasions, viz., That, as we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours; and this we should do freely and generously.” Regretably, “an ironmonger in London … assuming a.
good deal of my pamphlet, and working it up into his own, which rather hurt its operation, got a patent for it there, and made, as I was told, a little fortune by it.” (from The Life Of Benjamin Franklin, Written By Himself.)
Is it possible to get this kit in India. If so, how much will be total cost including shipping?
Hi Kalyan, please email me danreetz at gmail , thanks
Hey, really nice book scanner! I would be interested in buying it, but I managed it how? when I live in Finland.
That’s the scanner could probably also make aluminum, have you thought about that?
But really, I’m really interested to buy this scanner!
I’m sorry if the language is a bit bad, this is a google translation.
Greetings, Veli-Matti
Hi Ho, Been reading all your blogs for a ages now, have loved the youtube video demonstrating the scanner. So want to purchase one, even without the extra modifications you mention such as ability to scan sprial bound books. Have seen this web site offering your product in the EU, which will keep costs down once they accept credit card transactions, as purchasing from USA will incur a hefty charge from import duty. Do you know of this EU site ? http://diybookscanner.eu/home.html Keep up the good work. Best wishes & kind regards, Jacob
Hi, do you shipping to Brazil? Please, say Yes! =)
YOU SAID THAT PRACTICALLY ALL HARDWARE IS INCLUDED. HOW ABOUT THE SOFTWARE NECESSARY FOR POST PAGE PROCESSING. IS IT ALSO INCLUDED?
There is open-source software available at DIYbookscanner.org – but I did not create it, I do not support it and it is not included in the kit.
I WANT TO BUY ALL THE DRAWINGS OF YOUR DIY SCANNER WITH MATERIALS SPECIFICATION AND ALL PARTS TO BUILT IT MYSELF