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[TowerTalk] Garage door opener rotator

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Subject: [TowerTalk] Garage door opener rotator
From: w5hvv@aeneas.net (Roderick M. Fitz-Randolph)
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 1997 03:36:01 +0000
>Has anyone heard of modifying a garage door opener into a robust
>rotator?  Cheap, slow and lotsa torque, no brush noise, but more
>difficult to modify than a prop-pitch for sure. (..and ya got to go
>to the sun visor in your car to rotate it.)
>
>de KD7LS
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Wow, now THIS could start a new thread!!  Ok, all you mechanical
genii: here's your chance to shine.  One of the worm-drive garage
door openers that could be modified to operate and stop at a particular
place would seem to be a great candidate for even tower rotation!

What say?

Rod, W5HVV



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