Homemade Basket and Homemade Mini Basket
VERY Heavy duty basket - I like the design of the DisCatcher Pro (sliding chains) so I worked that in. Made of pressure treated wood, have not built a stand yet... Works well, but I have realized that the chain weight is very important, even with 18 strands (12 outer, 6 inner), if they are light, they are no good and discs squirt through.
Basic Specs:
Top - 22" ID, hexagon with evenly spaced 8" lag eye bolts into 2x4's
Basket - 26" ID, dodecagon of 2x8's
Opening - 19" vertical, top of basket to bottom of hexagon
Support - 24" galvanized pipe, ends threaded into flanges
I have to admit, I'm an engineer, and spent a few hours in excel, and trying to remember trigonometry to determine the size of all the components, but now I have a practice basket! If I could, I would post the excel file...
Also built a mini basket, all components purchased at the hardware store for less than $16. One last modification will be to cut the center post into 3 sections, and add couplings so it can collapse completely in to a bucket with lid. Pretty proud of this one, and works well!
Needed Materials:
5 gal bucket with lid
2' threaded rod (1/4" minimum)
Scrap shelving, at least 1'x2'x0.75"
4 small wood screws
5 nuts, 4 washers for threaded rod
15 4" zip ties
15 lengths of jack chain, 12" (my bucket conveniently had 30 ridges on top)
2 couplings for threaded rod (will add this to make it fully collapsible)