Garage Door Opener Project

Garage door openers are available with a chain drive screw drive or belt drive.

Garage door opener project.

Roofing nails 2 lift handles 2x4 extension spring containment cables fender washers and locknuts lubricant cleaner such as wd 40 silicone spray or rubbing alcohol spray on white lithium grease weather seal you could also possibly need replacement rollers. In addition to the motorized garage door opener the following components are used in the system. It s not a fun diy project you want to gamble with. As a person without a car i don t need to carry keys around everywhere i go.

The machine also slows a door in transit preventing it from crashing to the garage floor. Steve placed one sensor near the ceiling and the other is on the ground. X 10 universal module um506 x 10 computer interface cm11a. Diy fingerprint scanning garage door opener.

It s a pain to wait for someone with a key so i thought i would do something about it this project is. Because of this i ve been locked out of my own house several times. With a magnet attached to the garage door the pi relies on two magnetic reed switches to check the garage door s status. This track aka the t rail guides and shields the chain screw or belt as it moves the.

Chain drives a long chain pulls the door open and closed are the least expensive but they re loud.