Love this. Am working on similar design using a hospital bed motor. 1/8 HP and 75 rpm. 2 inch pulley gives it about a 2 sec opening time. The problem I'm having is that the motor bleeds down due to the weight of the door. Can use counter weight but prefer not to. Any ingenious ideas on a camlock style design to hold the door open and release upon close cycle? Love what you did! Thanks for the inspiration.
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@akwila3737 thanks, that's a very valid concern - especially here in the great Northwest. I'll be sealing it and finishing it with killz paint before the final install.
In your opinion are you a slight inventer? I was also wondering where you got the experience and knowledge to do this? Did you just pick it up or just an extra benefit from your college major?
@socrkool21 - I love to invent things. As for idea sources, it has been said: "necessity is the mother of invention". As for my background, I started studying computer hardware when I was in elementary school (in the early '70's no-less), and software in the late 70's onward. As such, I have a pretty good low-level understanding of how things work. I've continued my fascination into college and the many years since.
People who say this is overly complicated have never met a raccoon. Well done. Will you run your coop ventilation louvers off of the same Arduino? You mentioned temperature in the video, that would be a neat subroutine....
@emailharold - thanks! I don't think we're going to need vent louvers where we live and the way the coop is set up. Due to the number of control lines the motor driver requires (it's really low-level), there aren't enough pins in the Arduino. I'd probably go with a simpler setup that could be driven by the wi-fi Arduino (the BlackWidow 1.0). The BlackWidow board will be the "master controller" for the coop as a whole, where the other Arduino (seeeduino) is just for the door.
Nice, there are some really good ideas in there, I thought it was over complicated at first then I saw all the wifi stuff and monitoring stuff, really love the latch mech.
And yes it could have been done with discrete componenets and a long wire, but really, this makes it easy and fast to add extra bits to it.
You should re-title this video, "Simple Solutions - Made Complicated." I was able to apply the same function with a yard-sale salvaged garage door opener. The difference was that everything was self-contained (motor, circuit board which included limit controls and signal receiver.
There are simpler solutions. This is not one of them. This is designed to be unabashed overkill that would allow me to get some hands-on with some very cool technologies.
@clintfisher Sorry, being overly critical, and rattling your cage was not my intention. Now that you've pointed out that your goal was to be Rube Goldbergish, I can fully grasp your method. ;-)
@edvais: No worries at all - we had also considered a garage door opener at one point in time too, along with a whole host of other options. The built-in remote with the garage-door opener is definitely a strong point. No matter which way you go, may the bock be with you!
That is awesome. I would recommend 3M 4200 glue over shoe goo. 4200 is a marine grade that will seal and hold like nothing I have seen before.
pactrop 2 weeks ago
So with a click on the mouse it opens?
Jerbod2 1 month ago
Love this. Am working on similar design using a hospital bed motor. 1/8 HP and 75 rpm. 2 inch pulley gives it about a 2 sec opening time. The problem I'm having is that the motor bleeds down due to the weight of the door. Can use counter weight but prefer not to. Any ingenious ideas on a camlock style design to hold the door open and release upon close cycle? Love what you did! Thanks for the inspiration.
jgwray 1 month ago
Very nice man
Mig2133 3 months ago
Now that's cool
rifleman795 3 months ago
Your door latch mechanism is Sweet !! Very creative... Thumbs uP if you agree!
younwhosarmy 1 year ago 2
Cracks me up. That's GREAT
ICUC007 1 year ago
that door it's very nice......i like it
refan742 1 year ago
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coopofhazzard 1 year ago
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astrialkil 10 months ago
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Thehaclementler 1 year ago
Farm Ville can be very hard if you do not understand the right way to play properly. If you wish to know how every one of the top level players get it done, go go through the guide over at freshfarmvilleguideXcom (replace X with . )
santoswowucalcleve57 1 year ago
Nice work on that door! So cool.
flashlightbug 1 year ago
Clever mechanism :)
e13373 1 year ago
Better hope it wont get wet and swell in the tack.
akwila3737 1 year ago
@akwila3737 thanks, that's a very valid concern - especially here in the great Northwest. I'll be sealing it and finishing it with killz paint before the final install.
clintfisher 1 year ago
In your opinion are you a slight inventer? I was also wondering where you got the experience and knowledge to do this? Did you just pick it up or just an extra benefit from your college major?
socrkool21 1 year ago
@socrkool21 - I love to invent things. As for idea sources, it has been said: "necessity is the mother of invention". As for my background, I started studying computer hardware when I was in elementary school (in the early '70's no-less), and software in the late 70's onward. As such, I have a pretty good low-level understanding of how things work. I've continued my fascination into college and the many years since.
The biggest driving force? Curiosity.
Best of luck to you!
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acousticpunknz 1 year ago
Where is the chicken?
severmine 1 year ago
People who say this is overly complicated have never met a raccoon. Well done. Will you run your coop ventilation louvers off of the same Arduino? You mentioned temperature in the video, that would be a neat subroutine....
emailharold 1 year ago
@emailharold - thanks! I don't think we're going to need vent louvers where we live and the way the coop is set up. Due to the number of control lines the motor driver requires (it's really low-level), there aren't enough pins in the Arduino. I'd probably go with a simpler setup that could be driven by the wi-fi Arduino (the BlackWidow 1.0). The BlackWidow board will be the "master controller" for the coop as a whole, where the other Arduino (seeeduino) is just for the door.
clintfisher 1 year ago
god job! =)
thekikiboom 1 year ago
Nice, there are some really good ideas in there, I thought it was over complicated at first then I saw all the wifi stuff and monitoring stuff, really love the latch mech.
And yes it could have been done with discrete componenets and a long wire, but really, this makes it easy and fast to add extra bits to it.
Thanks
mattsyme87 1 year ago
You should re-title this video, "Simple Solutions - Made Complicated." I was able to apply the same function with a yard-sale salvaged garage door opener. The difference was that everything was self-contained (motor, circuit board which included limit controls and signal receiver.
edvais 1 year ago
@edvais Good for you! Post your solution!
There are simpler solutions. This is not one of them. This is designed to be unabashed overkill that would allow me to get some hands-on with some very cool technologies.
clintfisher 1 year ago
@clintfisher Sorry, being overly critical, and rattling your cage was not my intention. Now that you've pointed out that your goal was to be Rube Goldbergish, I can fully grasp your method. ;-)
edvais 1 year ago
@edvais: No worries at all - we had also considered a garage door opener at one point in time too, along with a whole host of other options. The built-in remote with the garage-door opener is definitely a strong point. No matter which way you go, may the bock be with you!
clintfisher 1 year ago
I love the door mechanism, simple and effective :)
gonepishing 1 year ago
@gonepishing: Thanks!
clintfisher 1 year ago