The only custom piece in our BookLiberator is the bent piece of plexi that the cameras attach to. You can get that piece made by almost any plastics shop. Most towns have one for making signs and store displays but if you have none near you there are both traditional and internet-only retailers that take custom orders. All of our pieces so far have come from Canal Plastics.

Currently our best prices are ~$50 USD for a 12” model, including all bending and hole drilling. Non-reflective coatings can add a few dollars and we're still evaluating their effectiveness. Please do let us know what your experiences are in terms of getting a piece made and costs/performance.

If you need a diagram of the plastic piece for ordering, this should answer all their questions:

Also available on flickr

Note: Making the inside, along the bend, sides longer will let you capture larger pages by increasing the distance between camera and page. 14” for both those sides works for very large books, while reducing those sides to 9” will get you a device suited specifically to paperbacks. 12” in the multi-tasker of the group.

If you have access to wood cutting tools, anything that can make a 45 degree bevel, check out the v2 book stand: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bkrpr/sets/72157621810508728/

If all you have are a hand saw and a screw driver, see the first version: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bkrpr/sets/72157621686115933/

In either case the raw materials are similar: a board that is around 12”x24”, 4-8 angle brackets, and a second piece of wood to use either as a base plate(version 1) or support legs(version two).

Since your camera mount is going to be sticking out on the bottom of the plexi, you will want the stand to be smaller on the inside (spine to edge) length than the plexi. So if your plexi is 14”x14”x12”, you'll want something like a 12”x12”x12” stand.

We'll be putting up more information over the next few days about how our BookLiberator is made but if you don't want to wait for the tutorials, our flickr stream should have the basic information you need.

If you want more detail on putting together the camera mount portion of the BookLiberator, we've put together a step-by-step instructibles guide

Depending on what kind of plexiglass you get, you should be able to have a local plastic shop cut, bend, and drill holes in a 12”x12”x12” or 14”x14”x12” piece for under $50 USD.

Testing is underway to see what, if any, difference is made by getting a non-reflective coatings on the plexiglass.