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Using a garage door opener as an elevator.
Garage door dumbwaiter system built into a residential house closet to provide access to a basement.
Originally invented by c g.
Richard check into using a jack shaft commercial door opener.
Building the diy dumbwaiter only cost around 300 much less than commercial models.
I would like one in my house to gain access to my huge attic if it is possible.
Watch this video to see how a dumbwaiter made from a garage door opener can be used to carry groceries upstairs and recycling down.
They would be built much heavier than a screw drive opener and could take more abuse but would be a much higher cost nearly all the parts you would need for your project are overhead door parts including track rollers and lift drums and cables.
Tell me more about garage door openers.
We design and engineer residential garage door openers commercial door operators and gate entry systems.
They are used for high lift or full vertical lift overhead doors.
How can that be done.
Johnson in 1926 garage openers didn t take off until the end of world war ii.
There were no tracks on the walls.
Similar to an elevator the majority of the work is.
A diy garage door dumbwaiter can make carrying groceries upstairs a snap.
By hiskid in other i once saw a closet that raised and lowered into the attic using a garage door opener.
I need know how to use a garage door opener for an elevator to the attic.
Use the carriage assembly and curved door arm from the garage door track to fasten the bottom of the dumbwaiter box to the track.
It was the era meter company of chicago that invented these devices to include an easy to use keypad and switch.
How do garage door openers work.