My workshop disaster

Hi Pards,

Can't believe I spent near 10 hours on each of Sat. and Sun. and the picture shows so little accomplished. Hanging the door opener drive motor was only a fraction of the time it took to get the unit to run the door in the right direction. I couldn't get it to raise the door, it would only close and was about to damage the door, etc. So, I disconnected the door and the drive chain and ran the motor. Worked just fine. So, I reinstalled everyting with door in what I felt was the down position. Now, it worked like I knew it could! Then, adjust the up/down travel and finally, the reverse force setting. Of course, the electric eyes are taped together just to get the opener running. The button for opening and closing is just hanging. Sure did a lot of ladder climbing these past two days.

A time consuming job was finding the drive rail. Actually, I found two in a small metal shed out back. I installed the old one, leaving the unopened box with the second rail. Found the drive motor and accessories in the garage. Other time consuming activity was just sitting in front of the fan and drying off. What a hot and humid day.

The last effort of the day was to install a tin panel on each side of the door. Tomorrow brings a frightening activity. I watched some CAS pards reverse a carbide blade in a circular saw and cut the tin roofing. Now, it's my turn and I'm a bit leery of the practice. But, I gotta cut the tin.

I think the next pictures will show the front complete with trim and all. Still have other work to do inside, but all the exciting stuff is done! :)