Magazine/book Holder for reading

[cecil dean]

Have a friend who has Parkinson's and has asked me to build a magazine/book holder so he can read. Shaking to much to hold books now. Any suggestion on a design? Not sure as to what he may need in the design.

[Jamie Buxton]

How does your friend want to read? Maybe sitting in an armchair? There's a whole class of bookholders which stand beside the armchair. They have an arm which projects over the chair, and holds the book. Here's a link to a metal example -- https://www.amazon.com/Covers-Paperb.../dp/B000ABHIXG -- but there are wood ones out there too.

I've also seen a related stand which bridges the armchair. It has wheels on the bottom so the reader can push it out of the way. A bridge-style one might could also hold food instead of a book.

There's another style of bookholder which sits in the reader's lap, or can sit on a table in front of the reader. Here's an example -- https://www.amazon.com/Wood-Cookbook.../dp/B002LZMOEM

[Stan Calow]

cecil, check out this amazon page
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=bedside+h...l_305mdk71mp_b for some ideas. They have a lot of hospital-type tables with tilting surfaces, some down the page are made to hold laptops etc. Maybe you can figure something out from there.

[cecil dean]

Thanks. Talked to him and got some additional ideals as to what he wanted.

[David Utterback]

I am interested in whatever you design and build since I may have future need for similar accommodations. BTW, I grew up in NE MO. Thanks!