Repurposed Garage Door Opener

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Repurposed garage door opener.

New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. A quick inspection revealed that the sprocket on top of the unit sheared off the shaft. Repurposed garage door opener. It seems if someone gets their garage door replaced the functioning door opener is replaced as well.

A while back one of our craftsman 1 2 hp chain drive garage door openers stopped functioning properly. Not only will repurposing old garage doors benefit you it help save the environment. Repurpose your old garage door into a stunning piece of art raised plant bed or an outdoor bench. Has anyone here created a project with a garage door opener motor.

Simply cut pieces from your door sand them and prime them to paint your panels whatever color you choose. Garage door opener 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. Sep 12 2013 explore donnegan85 s board repurposed garage doors on pinterest. Not knowing any better and being under a time crunch to get the door working a new opener was bought and installed.

So i like to use the motor for some type of project. Low difficulty ideas to repurpose your garage door jacket or key holder for the entryway this simple yet clever idea allows you to use panels from your existing garage door to create a unique jacket or key holder to hang by your front door. The doors stopped moving even though the motor still ran. Else contact a overhead door install repair business and they should have a pile of them in their scrap pile.

You of course will not remove a perfectly good garage door opener from your garage for this project. This thread is archived. See more ideas about garage doors doors garage. If your garage door opener no longer seems to work for whatever reason but the light still goes on it will probably work for this project.

I have an old garage door opener that was given to me after i purchased a new one.