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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3191909, member: 56859"]The copy stand? I made it after seeing the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Beseler-CS-14-Copy-Stand/dp/B0024NW5WW" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/Beseler-CS-14-Copy-Stand/dp/B0024NW5WW" rel="nofollow">ridiculous prices</a> for ready-made models.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's the clamp, ~$12.00</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E5M39AW/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E5M39AW/" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E5M39AW/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Home Depot and other hardware stores have wood dowels and a sawing station if you want to cut it to length by hand at the store. You can probably pick up a scrap piece of 3/4" plywood for the base and coin platform while you're there. Buy some matte black spray paint too.</p><p><br /></p><p>I joined the dowels to the wood by drilling partial depth holes in the plywood but if you don't have the appropriate drill bits you could just run a lag screw from the bottom of the platform (be sure to recess the screw head).</p><p><br /></p><p>Mine is getting a bit beat up from frequent use and it needs to be repainted. Too bad I can't cover the dowel and platform in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg2x0L4YAuU" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg2x0L4YAuU" rel="nofollow">Vantablack</a>![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3191909, member: 56859"]The copy stand? I made it after seeing the [URL='https://www.amazon.com/Beseler-CS-14-Copy-Stand/dp/B0024NW5WW']ridiculous prices[/URL] for ready-made models. Here's the clamp, ~$12.00 [url]https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E5M39AW/[/url] Home Depot and other hardware stores have wood dowels and a sawing station if you want to cut it to length by hand at the store. You can probably pick up a scrap piece of 3/4" plywood for the base and coin platform while you're there. Buy some matte black spray paint too. I joined the dowels to the wood by drilling partial depth holes in the plywood but if you don't have the appropriate drill bits you could just run a lag screw from the bottom of the platform (be sure to recess the screw head). Mine is getting a bit beat up from frequent use and it needs to be repainted. Too bad I can't cover the dowel and platform in [URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg2x0L4YAuU']Vantablack[/URL]![/QUOTE]
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