Make a fantastic LP basket

Step 2 Shaping the basket

Next you'll need to bend the basket into shape. This basically consists of placing your foot onto the "bottom" of the basket and bending the four sides up into roughly the place you want them. This can be easier said than done depending on how hard your metal is. Keep in mind that since the metal mesh is made with the lateral bars sitting on the vertical ones you want your vertical bars on the inside of the basket since making it the other way around would likely not leave you enough room for your record sleeves to fit, it's already a pretty low-tolerance fit. Let me know if you need further explanation. Don't worry about the edges being too round, you'll fix that next.

Lay the basket on one of it's sides now. Grab a rag and a hammer, lay the rag over one of the vertical pieces near it's bottom edge with a few folds. Beat a square corner onto this piece of bar, remove the rag, and repeat for each other vertical bar. You just need to get the corner at a right angle, not the whole side, as this can easily be done once the corners are correct. You may also forgo the rag since that's just for keeping the paint/ plastic coating from being knocked off.