# Construct mechanical winch/garage door?

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/construct-mechanical-winch-garage-door/19739>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [April 20, 2019, 12:42am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/construct-mechanical-winch-garage-door/19739 "2019-04-20T00:42:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Estranged](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@Estranged](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Estranged)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 12:42am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/construct-mechanical-winch-garage-door/19739/1 "2019-04-20T00:42:56Z")

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How would I edit the construction.json to be able to build a garage door that’s opened by a mechanical winch as you get with houses/mechanics garage?

I thinnk I saw something before where someone had managed to do it, but I can’t find it now.

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**Author:** ![TheMurderUnicorn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/themurderunicorn/32/5706_2.png) [@TheMurderUnicorn](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheMurderUnicorn)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 1:49am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/construct-mechanical-winch-garage-door/19739/2 "2019-04-20T01:49:44Z")

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Last I checked, and that was maybe 8 months ago, mechanical winches were EXTREMELY finicky. As in, they only work if adjacent to certain types of walls that were adjacent to certain types of doors. I don’t know that it’d be good to make a construction item for winches/winch doors until that whole thing got worked out.

Anyone know if they’re still like that?

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**Author:** ![Trigon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/trigon/32/2668_2.png) [@Trigon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Trigon)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 1:50am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/construct-mechanical-winch-garage-door/19739/3 "2019-04-20T01:50:02Z")

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I would look at the “palisade gate” construction since it functions similarly. The relevant code is probably in there.

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**Author:** ![Estranged](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@Estranged](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Estranged)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 11:13am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/construct-mechanical-winch-garage-door/19739/4 "2019-04-20T11:13:58Z")

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Ahhhh.

I was hoping that, as far as I can tell, house garages are inbetween normal walls, any wall would work.

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**Author:** ![Estranged](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@Estranged](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Estranged)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 11:18am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/construct-mechanical-winch-garage-door/19739/5 "2019-04-20T11:18:42Z")

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This is the only other option I could think of too.  
So basically copy the constuction recipe for palisade gate/door/pulley, change the ingredients to say brick for the wall and metal for the gate and that might work

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**Author:** ![techincal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ebca7d/32.png) [@techincal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/techincal)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 3:03pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/construct-mechanical-winch-garage-door/19739/6 "2019-04-20T15:03:24Z")

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You can build a moving door with a plated 1 square thick vehicle and remote control it if you want.

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**Author:** ![Trigon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/trigon/32/2668_2.png) [@Trigon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Trigon)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 3:18pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/construct-mechanical-winch-garage-door/19739/7 "2019-04-20T15:18:22Z")

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That seems like the best option. I’m no coder so I really only understand the theory based on what my coder friends tell me. But from my understanding that should work.