Building a traverser / transfer table

[boppa]

hmm- you couldnt use its electronics as is, but you could use the mechanism as the basis for one (its got a stepper motor in it, so a stepper motor controller kit would work on it
dont know if it would be easier to do it that way or start from scratch for the mechanism itself

(scanners for 30 bucks??? you won't find one here for under 60 or 70) :-(