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Step 7Step 6 OR assembling the music shelf
Here we will concentrate on the music shelf.
You will need a pine board that is 12"x18" (same size as the base) you could also use plywood if you wanted to, I also kicked around the idea of using an old cookie sheet, metal sheeting, or anything I could find that was flat and rigid.
Also needed is an 18" piece of trim for the music support, or an 18" board, (I used a piece of a broken artists easle)
Hardware that is needed includes 2- 2"x5/8" corner braces (found in the lumber department of home stores, used for framing) and 2 bolts with wing nuts small enough to pass through the hole in the tip of the crutch, to secure the music shelf to the crutch stand.
Start with the back of the music shelf (12x18) measure out the center at 9" from an 18" end, then make a mark 5" down from a 12 side. Make a mark at the intersection of those two lines, drawn with a framers square. Using this mark as a center part make two marks to either side (lengthwise) 3/4" apart.
Set the corner braces on each of those two marks and mark the screw holes with a pencil. Remove braces and drill pilot holes with Craftsman Dremel tool. Replace the braces and screw in the screws that came with them using your philips head screwdriver.
Now we will work on the music support. Take the 18" piece of trim and smooth out the back half if needed (mine was part of an easle and had four ridges, I removed two of them with a craft knife so that it would fit snugly against the bottom of the shelf.) If your board is square you can skip that altogether.
Place the trim piece against the bottom of the shelf (the bracket on the back of the shelf will be closer to the top of the shelf) Drill pilot holes all along the bottom of the music support into the bottom of the shelf (we don't want our music support nor our shelf to crack when we put them together) Now that you have your pilot holes drilled, glue the music support to the bottom of the shelf and place all of your finish nails in each predrilled hole. Then gently hammer each on in.
Now attach the music shelf to the crutch stand using your bolts and wing nuts.
You will need a pine board that is 12"x18" (same size as the base) you could also use plywood if you wanted to, I also kicked around the idea of using an old cookie sheet, metal sheeting, or anything I could find that was flat and rigid.
Also needed is an 18" piece of trim for the music support, or an 18" board, (I used a piece of a broken artists easle)
Hardware that is needed includes 2- 2"x5/8" corner braces (found in the lumber department of home stores, used for framing) and 2 bolts with wing nuts small enough to pass through the hole in the tip of the crutch, to secure the music shelf to the crutch stand.
Start with the back of the music shelf (12x18) measure out the center at 9" from an 18" end, then make a mark 5" down from a 12 side. Make a mark at the intersection of those two lines, drawn with a framers square. Using this mark as a center part make two marks to either side (lengthwise) 3/4" apart.
Set the corner braces on each of those two marks and mark the screw holes with a pencil. Remove braces and drill pilot holes with Craftsman Dremel tool. Replace the braces and screw in the screws that came with them using your philips head screwdriver.
Now we will work on the music support. Take the 18" piece of trim and smooth out the back half if needed (mine was part of an easle and had four ridges, I removed two of them with a craft knife so that it would fit snugly against the bottom of the shelf.) If your board is square you can skip that altogether.
Place the trim piece against the bottom of the shelf (the bracket on the back of the shelf will be closer to the top of the shelf) Drill pilot holes all along the bottom of the music support into the bottom of the shelf (we don't want our music support nor our shelf to crack when we put them together) Now that you have your pilot holes drilled, glue the music support to the bottom of the shelf and place all of your finish nails in each predrilled hole. Then gently hammer each on in.
Now attach the music shelf to the crutch stand using your bolts and wing nuts.
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