If you want to make a set, look close at the angles of the bends of the donor set. I used a angle duplicator to get them right so they will sit flat. took me all of 30 minutes
tools, 2 vise grips, used to hold and reform metal if it bent
1 phillps head screw driver
1 pump pliers
1 tin snips
1 hammer, to help flatten stuff bent out of wack
a small file to clean up sharp edges
1 punch, 7/8 size to open bottom hole so they align
drill motor and 5/16th bit
I angle duplicator tool
additional supplies where
6 small bolts i got out of my collection on the work bench
6 nuts
6 lock washers
12 flat washers
I disassembled the baskets and fiddled with the things, did a few measurements and set them aside last night
this morning I decided to do it, I first cut one of the baskets, I did not cut the bottoms except to take off the point I created, using the angle finder I cleaned up the cut then put the other basket on it to draw out where to cut it, remember to leave materials to bend so yo have overlap
then I cleaned that one up and put them in position, I needed to trim up some more. then I clamped them together to bolt the bottoms together. then a bolt in the side, next I cut one tab off each side piece, opposite sides guys. I then had to bend the bends a bit more and I set the tabs in the bottom and lined up the pieces and clamped them together and drilled for the first hole. Once I had that bolted I realigned the two outer sides and drilled another hole, then bolted and did the third
Voila, I had a long basket as shown that I could do a minion in
Topic: new Weber Charcoal baskets, Minion Style (Read 9669 times)