1/16 Scale Motorised Garage Door Build

[@satorrotas]

An excellent construction, this garage facade is really great, so that the wood slides better I use paraffin, it's really good and not greasy. Great explanations especially for these limit switches which ultimately make the opening of the door very realistic .

[@JCRC]

Thank you Pascal .. it was a real pleasure making this, especially knowing where it is going :) I eventually used Vaseline to lubricate the rails and it did a very good job :) It has, after all, been world proven LOL

[@satorrotas]

@@JCRC Alright, so we had the same idea but not with the same product lol 😄👍

[@JCRC]

HAHAHA works as good lol

[@satorrotas]

​@@JCRC 😂😂

[@michaelclark8842]

Hi Joe, Just watched the whole series and wanted to say thanks, awesome tutorial and love your work mate, very neat and tidy. I’m currently doing a scale house for my daughters birthday and your videos have given me lots of ideas. 🤙

[@JCRC]

Awesome, thank you! Glad it was of some help :) :)

Great Video and fantastic build my friend, you do really great work with wood and the result is always top💪.......thumbs up Joe👍👍

[@JCRC]

Thank you so much 😀 I enjoy building stuff as much as I enjoy the end result :) especially this one, which is for a good cause :)

[@wolffin100]

Very very well done 💪💪👍👍

[@JCRC]

Thank you 🙌

[@RCBrothersLk]

Awesome work buddy. Nicely done

[@JCRC]

Thanks 👍

[@YODAMAN5]

AWESOME....!

[@JCRC]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@RCVHX22]

Just awesome my friend my like for sure 👊😉👍

[@JCRC]

Thank you 👍 Be safe dude :)

[@RCVHX22]

@@JCRC Be safe my friend 👊😉

[@JCRC]

You too :)

[@brucefrasure9919]

Hi Joe: I have a special needs nephew who is fascinated with automatic garage doors. His mom asked if I could make him one as a Christmas gift. That led me to your video. I think I can handle this based on your excellent video, but could you help me out with the servo? Could you give me the specs and possibly a source for purchasing it? I would also need to know if it can be powered by batteries, and if so what would be the specs on the battery? Thanks for your help.

[@JCRC]

Hi Bruce, I will gladly help you with whatever you may need for this build. I am glad you found my video helpful. The servo is a rather cheap plastic geared servo in this video. You can find these on eBay or if you have a local hobby store, I suggest you go there and ask for 1/10th scale RC rock crawler steering servo. 99% of the 1/10th scale RC rock crawlers use the same size, and for this build it will work just fine. There is no need ot get a top end model, some of which can go upward of $50 easily. You don't need that. What you do need though is to either convert it for 360 degree operation or find one ready made. if you have difficulty with this from your local hobby store, I will look for one online and send yo a link. The one I have at home is powered by a 12v DC power supply, but only because I happen to have 12v wired into the room. Some people use an RC car battery, which they unplug when they are ready, however, in this build, I made it to work with a 9v batter (those rectangle ones) and then used a BEC (Battery Eliminator Circuit) to drop the voltage to 5v to slow the motor down, as it was too fast for my taste :) Let me know.

[@brucefrasure9919]

@@JCRC Joe, thanks for the quick reply. If you can provide a link or a make and model number for the servo that would be great. Also, what did use for the shaft? It looks like metal rod, but what is the diameter? I really appreciate your help.

[@JCRC]

Here is a link to a 360 degree servo www.ebay.com/itm/MG996R-MG996-Gear-Servo-Motor-Big-Torque-360-For-RC-Robot-Arduino-degrees-Tool/192911251255?hash=item2cea681737:g:P3cAAOSwF~1c05t7 You still need to open it up and remove the circuit board and connect two new wires direct from the motor to the power. Servos normally work with a receiver to get a signal depending on which way you want it to rotate. I modified mine to work for me. However, if you find this hard to do, there are many motors with reduction gears that work with 12v or less on Banggood. Here is a link: www.banggood.com/Machifit-JGY370-DC-12V-Worm-Gear-Motor-103090150RPM-Turbine-Self-locking-Reduction-Gear-Motor-p-1482830.html?rmmds=search&ID=567246&cur_warehouse=CN I would go for the 30RPM Let me know what you think

[@JCRC]

As for shaft, I used an aluminium 6mm rod, into which I drilled a hole at one end and cut a 3mm thread to join the shaft to the servo. There are various ways to join the shaft, depending on which motor you use. Cross that bridge when you have your motor in hand.

[@brucefrasure9919]

@@JCRC Ok thanks. I am going to try the servo and re-wire it.

[@brucefrasure9919]

Hi Joe: I have some questions about this comment you made regarding the servo (which I have now) "You still need to open it up and remove the circuit board and connect two new wires direct from the motor" . Would you rather that I e-mail you? Or you can e-mail me at [e-mail]

[@JCRC]

Found this comment in the SPAM folder. Sorry, only saw it now - will email you to find a better way to make contact