Making your own triple basket
Making your own triple basket
Not being a particularly patient fellow I'm thinking about making my own triple basket. I'm assuming it is just a slightly deeper double basket so modifying a double is the way its done when the factory doesn't supply them??
Niko - Any chance you could post a pic of your triple next to a stock double & provide the overall height of the triple?
Niko - Any chance you could post a pic of your triple next to a stock double & provide the overall height of the triple?
Last edited by JohnB on Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:20 pm, edited 1 time in total.
triple baskets
so does anyone have an update on the triple baskets or another idea for a source; i can be patient, but i was starting to wonder about the next batch
triple baskets
i thought there already was a first batch; where did the triple baskets that some people already have come from; what number we are up to on the list
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Yes, and it was the negative experience in making those batches that is causing the wait this time. It takes a custom made jig to weld the two halves together. Each time lino buys a new batch of baskets they're a different size than the last requiring him to build a whole new jig.
Chas
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Re: triple baskets
Do you have any idea how many he will be making in the next "batch". Will he try to get everyone on the list at least one or should those of us closer to the bottom of the list plan on a long wait? In which case I would proceed with making my own.TomP10 wrote:
Recent info now pushes the target date for the first batch to sometime in May.
- Tom
Basket Update
Lino sent an update to Tom and I recently. He has 50 baskets from me which would yield 25 triples if all goes well. He has cut all of the baskets and done most of the jig design work. He is awaiting some special tooling that he ordered (it just shipped). All said and done, he is hoping to have some baskets completed by mid May, but we'll have to keep our fingers crossed!
Fred
Fred
Re: Basket Update
Thanks for the update. So those of us near the bottom of the list will be waiting until the next batch comes together whenever that might be. I just wanted to get an idea before I went to the trouble & expense of making some up myself. Since any baskets I make up (if I go that route) will be done in house without precision custom tooling I doubt they'll be as nice as Lino's but at least I'll have one or two before my V2 wears out.Fred wrote:Lino sent an update to Tom and I recently. He has 50 baskets from me which would yield 25 triples if all goes well. He has cut all of the baskets and done most of the jig design work. He is awaiting some special tooling that he ordered (it just shipped). All said and done, he is hoping to have some baskets completed by mid May, but we'll have to keep our fingers crossed!
Fred
Re: Basket Update
YEEEAAAH!!!Fred wrote:Lino sent an update to Tom and I recently. He has 50 baskets from me which would yield 25 triples if all goes well.(...)
...we'll have to keep our fingers crossed!
Fred
yes yes yes
Sure I'm crossing mine right now! :)
Re: Making your own triple basket
I am looking into a no weld triple basket option. I should receive what I need in 7-8 days & I'll post the results here.
Re: Making your own triple basket
Make sure to make a no-ridge option .JohnB wrote:I am looking into a no weld triple basket option. I should receive what I need in 7-8 days & I'll post the results here.
Re: Making your own triple basket
Actually that may be the key to making these baskets fit. They shipped yesterday & are due in next Monday but the Fed Ex Ground service around here is horrendous so it could be longer.Endo wrote:Make sure to make a no-ridge option .
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Re: Making your own triple basket
Gorilla Glue??JohnB wrote:I am looking into a no weld triple basket option. I should receive what I need in 7-8 days & I'll post the results here.
Chas
LM GS/3 & LaSpaziale Dream v 1.25 (US 120V)
Mazzer Kony E, Customized Rocky
Hottop P/B
LM GS/3 & LaSpaziale Dream v 1.25 (US 120V)
Mazzer Kony E, Customized Rocky
Hottop P/B
Re: Making your own triple basket
No cutting or joining required as it is already a triple basket!chas wrote:Gorilla Glue??JohnB wrote:I am looking into a no weld triple basket option. I should receive what I need in 7-8 days & I'll post the results here.