Copycopes similar to those described here, have previously been described in Astronomy magazine, May 1986, page 74 . Stillwater Stargazers members drew from the magazine article for inspiration in building their copyscopes. The telescopes which will be created will perform as a wide field, low magnification instruments. Do not despair, the use of high power is seldom needed in astronomy. Tripod - A reasonable camera tripod.
Camcorder tripods are good, but are generally overkill.
Diagonal - Makes the scope far easier to use, but not absolutely needed. Miscellaneous plumbing, hardware, and wood pieces to fit lens and tripod selected. The objective lens Lenses for copyscopes can be difficult to acquire at times. Although everyone who wanted to build a copyscope in our club was able to find a lens, I have personally not seen any lenses recently. URL and addresses will be given later.