Automatic Chicken door...PLEASE HELP!!

[turkey12345]

i want to build an automatic chicken coop door but dont want to spend over 50 bucks. i can make everything so the only thing i will need to buy is the motor, i want a motor like this http://www.discounthomeautomation.c...p-Motor-AD20?gclid=CKLst-7k2qwCFQ1x5QodszUEpw but i dont want to spend 90 dollars. is there any other kind of electric motor that is like that but cheaper?

 

[turkey12345]

Any info you know about a motor will help

 

[chfite]

One fellow on Instructables.com used an old battery powered drill as a motor for his pop door. He said in his article that he got it from Goodwill or some such.

Chris

 

[turkey12345]

thanks for the reply, i saw a few of those designs, i realy dont want battery powered, i have power to my coop. i have a motor like this http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-A-O-SMI..._Headphones&hash=item3a562b95c3#ht_2538wt_952 but i dont know if it will work

 

[recbob]

You could try a grill rotisserie motor, they even reverse direction when you switch them off and back on.
relatively cheep at home depot.

 

[turkey12345]

but is there a way that it can open and close at night and in the morning?

 

[PorkChop]

Use a timer and then you can set open and close time.

 

[bigoledude]

Hey Turkey, is that motor of yours 460 volts? You can buy small 110 volt AC motors that turn very slowly that could be rigged to "reel-up" your wire or cord. Or, you could do a small wheel/large wheel rig like the ones I linked you to below. Some of these little motors can be had for around $6.00 or so. You would still need a timer and maybe some switches to make it work.

This youtube video is of an egg turner. It may help you design something similar for your door opener.

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This is a video of a simple door opener using a similar basic design as the egg turner.

What I like about the egg turner design is that no switches are used. Just set the amount of time it takes the large wheel to open the the door. Viola!!

 

[Archbishop]

I'm working on a design right now. I plan on using a battery powered drill, but I will hard wire it into transformer that plugged into AC.
For 10-20 bucks at Harbor freight I can't imagine finding another motor that already geared down properly and and contained such that it should operate for years.

 

[jwatts]

i want to build an automatic chicken coop door but dont want to spend over 50 bucks. i can make everything so the only thing i will need to buy is the motor, i want a motor like this http://www.discounthomeautomation.c...p-Motor-AD20?gclid=CKLst-7k2qwCFQ1x5QodszUEpw but i dont want to spend 90 dollars. is there any other kind of electric motor that is like that but cheaper?

I was in the same boat as you.. I did buy the exact motor in the above post. I must say, i don't miss the extra $40 it costs.. It works GREAT!!! 2 yrs. and not a single problem.. Its well worth the money and easy to use.. I used a 3/16 pc. of aluminum for the door. For the guides all i did was slice tracks on the table saw.. Hope this helped