Repurpose Garage Door Opener Motor

The doors stopped moving even though the motor still ran.

Repurpose garage door opener motor.

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. Repurposed garage door opener a while back one of our craftsman 1 2 hp chain drive garage door openers stopped functioning properly. Use your old garage door system to rig up a scary flying ghost. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast.

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. If you can see something that looks like a bicycle chain near the motor unit of your opener consider replacing it with a screw driver or belt drive garage door opener. I reversed the motor in mine and turned it into a garage door closer.

You can also use an old garage door opener for practical jokes as shown in this old canadian tv show start 3 25 in. Simply cut pieces from your door sand them and prime them to paint your panels whatever color you choose. Just take a look at these great projects that use repurposed garage doors. 94 points 7 years ago.

With a bit of creativity you can make many useful things from old garage door and garage openers. Low difficulty ideas to repurpose your garage door jacket or key holder for the entryway. This thread is archived. 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.

A quick inspection revealed that the sprocket on top of the unit sheared off the shaft.