Has anybody made a DIY automatic chicken door? I would love to buy one but they are just so darn expensive! With all the handy and creative peeps on this forum, I thought maybe someone had built one themselves.
DIY automatic chicken door ?
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I made one, all u have to do is pull the string and it automatically opens 
But seriously I'd be interested too
But seriously I'd be interested too
Read about an old farmer that used a wind up alarm clock and a string. Set the alarm each night for a certain time each morning and when the alarm went off the key would turn and wind the string up, thus opening the pop door.
I love that kind of ingenuity!
I love that kind of ingenuity!
Oh my goodness, that's brilliant!!!
I am trying to construct one right now using the motor, gearbox, and circuit board from a paper shredder. It can lift about 30 lbs! I need to figure out how to wire it to switch from forward to reverse at each close/open. Any advice would be much appreciated!
You might consider checking Instructables.com. I am sure that someone there has built one, probably from a paper clip or some other incredible source. Seriously, there is at least one using an arduino for controlling the motor.
Chris
Chris
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Great idea - I love instructables.com
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Well these are way beyond me but I thought someone else may be interested
http://www.instructables.com/community/Light-Sensitive-Chicken-Coop-Door/
http://www.instructables.com/answers/How-do-I-make-an-automatic-door-openercloser-for-/
http://www.instructables.com/community/Light-Sensitive-Chicken-Coop-Door/
http://www.instructables.com/answers/How-do-I-make-an-automatic-door-openercloser-for-/
To assemble mine, I used one of the add a motor controllers, string, a piece of plexiglass, a timer, and scrap wood for the groves for the plexiglass to slide in. The whole thing was around $100. Initially I thought it was too much, but now that I get to sleep in and stay out late, I feel it has been money well spent. A picture of the controller set up is in the link a page about my coop under my avatar over to the left.
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I'm trying to do the same. I'm want to use an old unworking solar motion light. The only thing bad is the motion part. But the battery is a 6 volt. It charges fine and the light works. Now to find the motor to run on 1.5 V.
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