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Wooden Stand
A wooden stand is a practical stand for lightweight cameras. You only need basic woodworking skills for this type of stand. It requires a 2-by-4-inch board, a saw, a drill, 1/4-inch drill bit, a 1-by-1/4-inch bolt, a hammer and nails and two or three clamps. To build the stand, saw the 2-by-4 into four pieces. Hammer two of the pieces into a T shape, and clamp them with the short flat top of the T shape to a table. This will form the upright post of your copy stand. Then cut one of your two remaining boards so it is just 6 inches across. Drill a 1/4-inch hole in the very center of this 6-inch board. Nail this board so it abuts the remaining board in an L shape. Clamp the long end of the L shape to the upright part f the T-shaped support. Then insert the bolt through the 1/4-inch drill hole. Screw your camera to the bolt with the tripod mount. Point the camera so it faces the table.
Galvanized Pipe Stand
This second type of stand is made from 1/2-inch threaded galvanized pipe. Select three pieces that are the correct lengths and widths to make the size of copy stand that you desire. You will also need two 90-degree elbows and two end flanges. Assemble the frame by placing an elbow on either end of the top bar piece of the pipe. Then place the remaining two pipe pieces in the open ends of the elbows. Attach the flanges to the bottom ends of this framework. Screw the flanges into 2-by-4s that are perpendicular to the frame, and lay along the same plane as the legs of the framework. To mount the camera to the framework, attach a mending plate to a 6-inch rectangle of hardwood. Bolt the hardwood to the top of the framework so it sits on the side of the pipe facing outward. Drill a hole through he center opening of the mounting plate, into the hardwood and through the pipe. Insert a 1/2-inch diameter bolt through this hole so the end faces outward. Screw the camera onto the bolt and turn the camera so the lens faces downward.