Rock bucket idea 1025R, would this work?

I am in dire need of a rock bucket for my 1025r. I have a section in my yard that needs to be redone. The issue is that I want to keep the rocks to use elsewhere in my landscaping, and put the dirt back in the hole. The layer of dirt and rock mix is about 18-24" deep. So far I have sorted the rocks out by hand and would like to get the job done before the year 2040. I've checked with several equipment manufactures and I am running into two problems. One is that no one makes a rock bucket light enough for a 1025r to handle. Problem two is that all the rock buckets I find will only sort out rocks 2" and larger. I need to sort out rocks as small as 3/4". I have seen a few posts on GTT about users making rock buckets for a 1025r, but I don't have access to that kind of tools to fabricate a bucket.

What I am wondering is if I could take a 48" JDQA bucket and cut the bottom out. Leave the front cutting edge and maybe a section in the middle running from the cutting edge to the back. Then weld some expanded metal with the hole sizes I need to sort the rocks out in place of the bucket bottom. Probably couldn't do any real serious digging with it, but I have my 53" bucket for that. If I have to I could pile all of the dirt/rock on my concrete driveway with the 53" bucket, then switch to the 48" rock bucket to sort it out. Would sure beat the hell out of my current method. Those of you that are good with a welder and fabrication, would my idea work?

Thanks.

Tony