Homemade sheet good rack

I recently built this sheet good rack that swings out of the way against a wall for storage, but will swing out so that you can pull your sheets out. I saw this in a magazine several years ago. It is made of a piece of scrap plywood I took off of the top of a skid, and a piece of scrap 2 x 10 I just had lying around.

I first cut the plywood (which was about 35" square) on a diagonal. I off set the cut so that it would leave a flat edge giving me some height for support out at the end of the bottom.

I then cut a piece of 2 x 10 35" in length to fully support the bottom, and used the left over piece to support the back.

I attached heavy steel casters that swivel to the bottom to support the weight of the sheet goods. I used two casters, one at the front and one at the back.

Attached a heavy duty door hinge to the back and attached that piece to a stud in the wall to keep the hinge point in place. All of the weight will rest on the casters at the bottom, but when the rack is fully loaded with wood it will be heavy and pull on the hinge. So it is a good idea to have a strong hinge and attach it well.

Here is the rack fully assembled and loaded up with sheet goods. It is a much better solution than leaning them against a wall like I was doing.

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