Repurpose Garage Door Opener

Not only will repurposing old garage doors benefit you it help save the environment.

Repurpose garage door opener.

Simply cut pieces from your door sand them and prime them to paint your panels whatever color you choose. Has anyone here created a project with a garage door opener motor. Not knowing any better and being under a time crunch to get the. Repurposed garage door opener a while back one of our craftsman 1 2 hp chain drive garage door openers stopped functioning properly.

New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Repurpose for the mechanically inclined your old but still working garage door opener can be a motor to power a number of projects including a dumb waiter for transporting groceries from the garage to the kitchen for example or any number of creative motorized inventions. A newfound purpose throwing away your old garage door to install a new one can be a cumbersome process and is unnecessary according to sara carpenter of bob vila. On this episode of crazy will tech show i tell you how to make a smart garage door opener for 7 00.

Low difficulty ideas to repurpose your garage door jacket or key holder for the entryway. This thread is archived. The doors stopped moving even though the motor still ran. So i like to use the motor for some type of project.

A quick inspection revealed that the sprocket on top of the unit sheared off the shaft. I didn t really know if this was going to work i did. How to s quick tips.