Macro Photography of Beetles - Part 2

As you can see so far from Part 1, this wasn't really a properly planned project.  It was just an idea that snowballed along, with new features being added on when the time or thought arrived.

Over the course of a few weeks, different ideas have come and gone, along with bits and pieces of the rig. Here is the shaft holder, mounted underneath the access hole that I rigged up this afternoon. This holds the object platform steady in place without wobbling back and forth. It removable, just in case I want to insert something different: 

12V Lead Acid battery being used to weight down the freshly glued housing

Assembling the lower stage rig.  This configuration allows me to experiment with various servo placement positions.  I was concerned that my servo would have a fine enough movement, hence the leaver.

Here the lower side of the rig has been just about completed.  Each leg has an inverted bolt placed in, so that I can adjust the rig on uneven surfaces:

The inside of the LED housing has been painted in a matt white.  Chrysalis on 2mm graph paper on a raised stage with the LED Array switched on.   If needed, it can easily sit right up against the lens:

A close-up photo of the camera button servo motor housing.  It's designed to be easily replaced or modified as needed:

Well, that's about it for the woodworking side of the rig.  Part 3 will deal with the electronics and running some tests.