Make Your Own Garage Door Cable

Garage door cable swaging kit includes all the tools and sleaves needed to make your own cables in the field kit includes a metal case 1 hand swager 1 cable cutter 50 aluminum sleeves button stops and thimbles in each of the following.

Make your own garage door cable.

With these diy plans you can make your own using a standard hardboard garage door. If your garage door cable is at an angle or l. This is a step by step on how your average schmoe can build beautiful carriage house style garage doors i m a computer programmer and this is the first time i ve done anything like this. I made it happen so i think anybody armed with minimal car.

Small garage doors may be made in a single panel that tilts up and back across the garage ceiling. For standard lift residential garage doors the cable length should be the door height plus 18 inches. This video will show you how to repair a mis aligned garage door cable. Diy garage door repair and save money.

A garage door is a large door on a garage that opens either manually or by an electric motor a garage door opener garage doors are frequently large enough to accommodate automobiles and other vehicles. Spike carlsen is a former editor at the family handyman and is the author of three books. Homemade carriage house garage doors. Vertical lift and high lift doors require longer cables than standard lift doors because of the positioning and style of the cable drums.