How to Build a Music Rack

Position the fence on the table saw so it is 12 inches away from the blade. Angle the blade at 73-degree angle towards the fence. Run one sheet of plywood across the blade keeping its 18-inch edge against the fence. You will have an angled cut along one of the edges. The measurements of the plywood should still be 12 by 18 inches.

Lay the plywood horizontally with the angled edge down and closest to you. Screw two half-hinges to the plywood. There should be a hinge on each side of the plywood, 1-inch away from the 12-inch edges. The pins on the hinge should be along the 18-inch angled edge. The hinges should be able to fold 270-degrees around the angled edge. Fold the hinge over itself for the next step.

Lay the uncut sheet flat and horizontal. Position the angled edge of the cut sheet on top of the plywood so it is leaning away from you. The plywood should be centered, 5 ¾ inches away from each 18-inch edge. The edges of both sheets should be flush. Fold the two half-hinges down and screw them to the plywood in this position.

Screw the last hinge to both sheets of plywood just as the first two were attached. The center of the hinge should be 9 inches away from the 12-inch edges of both sheets.

Fold the plywood down when not in use. Fold the plywood back so it is positioned at a 103-degree angle away from the musician to set your sheet music on it.