Copy Stand - Cheap and easy to build

Step 4 The short leg

There are 3 long legs and one short leg. This leaves a big window for easy access and high speed copying. You should first decide where you are going to place the finished copy stand as this will decide which corner has the short leg. I have the stand on my desk to the left so the short leg is on the front right. If you are planning to have your stand on the right perhaps you should look at the photos in a mirror. It is very easy to mirror the design; in fact a few extra holes and it could be made a convertible. The short leg is attached by a nut and washer. This leg defines how high the base board stands above your desk so install it first.
The rubber tips are to stop the ends of the rods from scratching your desk and also to prevent the stand from sliding around when doing vigorous copying. I also put rubber tips on the the tops of the rods to protect against ripped sleeves. I guess you could as an option use cap nuts here instead.
I used ¼” tips on 8mm threaded rods, a bit tight but they screwed on nice and firm.