Assemble the frame to an appropriate size depending on the book or magazine you want to copy. It’s easiest to make the frame with the rod-bottoms already mounted in the threaded “eyes”.
(You can copy large books or small, vertically or horizontally, sometimes two pages at a time – see various examples in the Step 6 photos.)
Remove the camera from the camera mount, if it's still mounted.
Insert the tops of the four rods into the bracket holes of the camera mount. Secure the tops with the wing nuts.
(The camera mount can go either vertically or horizontally.)
Mount the camera and check the alignment.
(Adjust the top, locked nuts as needed. Determine the best position for the nuts below the wingnuts, and lock them together.)