Comments on: William & Mary Bookstand – More Information

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 02:41:19 +0000

Doesn’t the fact that the book support crossbar is the same thickness as the frame, and square in cross section, mean that when the frame is raised, the sharp corner of the crossbar digs into the back of the book? It seems to me that rounding at least that one corner would be kinder to your books (or iPads).

By: Chuck Bender

Chuck Bender — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 19:11:45 +0000

Dave,

I tried to get a photo with an iPad but Glen kept putting off mailing his to me. He kept giving me some lame excuse that he was actually "using" it for work…

Actually, I did the bulk of the build this Summer while Glen was here at my school teaching a class (the project of which will be the cover article for the December issue of the magazine). While he was here, we tested out his iPad and it fits on the stand like a they were made for one another.

No scaling necessary.

Chuck

By: David

David — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:29:25 +0000

What the article needed was a modern touch and a picture of an ipad or ebook on the stand. Just a suggestion since if I build the stand I would likely scale it for an ipad or nook/kindle electronic book reader.

-dave