Homemade DiscCatcher Gallery

[Mike C]

Putting you guys to shame with my basket

Found a stick in the woods, cut off the bark and knots with a knife, wrapped some bright green rope I found in my utility closet around it at approximate chain height, then hammered it into the ground. Encourages accuracy

 

[Dfwdscglfr]

genius

 

[EsotericForest]

How many feet of chain are you guys using to make these?

 

[jkdisc]

not worth taking the picture!

 

[leppard]

How many feet of chain are you guys using to make these?

I think I bought 57' of chain and didn't have much left over.

 

[EsotericForest]

Alright thanks leppard

 

[KFrad]

Heres mine:

2''pvc - free from friend
webber charcole grate, lowes, - $11
26'' pond liner(whiskey barrel liner), lowes, - $15
50' chain, lowes, - .49cents/foot -$25
base - cut legs from table i had
3 L-brackets(to hold up the bucket, not visible)-$5.75
Total - about $56
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Did you use the 2/0 steel chain from lowes? I am making one and the chain cost alot more

no, he didnt use the right chain. I just paid a 1.10

 

[KFrad]

good to know about the 26inch pond liner. been racking my brain. didnt want to build one outta wood.

 

[KFrad]

Chain should look like this. you need 20 links for the 12 outer and 18 links for the 12 inner and middle. A total of 456 links plus the 24 that you will cut

 

[EsotericForest]

Chain should look like this. you need 20 links for the 12 outer and 18 links for the 12 inner and middle. A total of 456 links plus the 24 that you will cut

Good info, thanks for the direction

 

[keltik]

 

[Jimb]

Chain should look like this. you need 20 links for the 12 outer and 18 links for the 12 inner and middle. A total of 456 links plus the 24 that you will cut

Good info, thanks for the direction

Tip: If you know how many links you want your chain to be, just measure it out and mark the link you want cut out with masking tape. Then have the Lowes (or whatever store you go to) cut the chain to the right length for you. This saved me a lot of time and effort as my bolt cutters are apparently garbage.

I just finished upgrading all of my home course baskets with inner chains today. I'm sure that the people at Lowes will be glad that they don't have to cut 21 individual pieces of chain for me again for a while (7 inner chains each for 3 of my Insteps).

 

[KFrad]

Tip: If you know how many links you want your chain to be, just measure it out and mark the link you want cut out with masking tape. Then have the Lowes (or whatever store you go to) cut the chain to the right length for you. This saved me a lot of time and effort as my bolt cutters are apparently garbage.

I just finished upgrading all of my home course baskets with inner chains today. I'm sure that the people at Lowes will be glad that they don't have to cut 21 individual pieces of chain for me again for a while (7 inner chains each for 3 of my Insteps).

I thought about seeing if they would do it. I was in a hurry and didnt think the guy would want to cut 24 pieces of chain. I know I wouldnt.
Also thought I had access to bolt cutters. I was wrong. Gonna try a vice and angle grinder

 

[RHINESEL]

You can get 2/0 chain online via Ebay. Look for "Trapping chain". Sometimes you see 2/0 Straight link chain there pretty cheap. Shipping even was cheap which surprised me.

 

[Cyrus333]

Deployment Basket's

Here is one of the three baskets I made on my last rip over. Scrounged materials were a nice find. Basket was portable and pretty damn close to regulation dimensions.

 

[solomon.trenton]

i take it you scrounged through an army surplus trash can

 

[leppard]

Chain should look like this. you need 20 links for the 12 outer and 18 links for the 12 inner and middle. A total of 456 links plus the 24 that you will cut

And if you use 2/0 straight link coil chain like on Innova baskets, there are approximately 9 links per foot which works out to 53.33333333 feet.

 

[prerube]

Here is one of the three baskets I made on my last rip over. Scrounged materials were a nice find. Basket was portable and pretty damn close to regulation dimensions.

HAHA sweet camo basket

 

[KFrad]

I got the chain cut. I couldnt find bolt cutters so i used an angle grinder.I was left with 7 links. My buddy found me a bike rim thats the perfect size. Now I just need to grab a few more s hooks and cut a piece of fence pole. the 9 gallon pond liner from lowes is perfect for the basket.Now its build time. Would like to finish today but with the weather is so nice Im gonna have to get out there and play. Ill post pics when its done.

 

[KFrad]

Here is my progress so far. Threw it together real quick because I had some impatient friends over. Got a little tweaking to do, but works like a charm as is. Forgot to put the nice tire on for the pic.