Hey Neil, this was mostly built with leftover pieces of plywood. Some dowels, metric screws, linear screw, etc. and I arrived with a unit that will likely excel the 9000...and processing much faster. Mostly this was done with hand tools, tho my neighbor cut some parts on the table saw for consistent measurements. Not counting the lightbox (Kaiser), since one needs one anyway, it's probably equivalent to couple of dinners out with a partner. The clamp & short lip in the rear was intentional, since I figured the set up would likely tip over. I'll be using D750 (a very capable rig) and either 55/3.5 or Tamron 90/2.8 macro....there is enough room to even use 100mm. Amazingly, the linear screw was made for 3D printer and I have not been able to detect any slop....allowing the handle to dial in the exact height desired. Oh, the angle is adjustable a little....enough to obtain true 90 degrees.
Have some other projects and hadn't had a chance to test it properly.
Les
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