Rum River
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We have a 400 yard range in the back yard. Took a lot of years and effort to establish, but that's another story.
Due west is the only option for range direction. (Yes, I'm aware the sun does and always has set in the west.) The down range doors are hinged at the top and open like awnings for combination blue sky control/sunshades and work very well in that role. There's a heavy tree line beyond the last berm that is significantly taller, so as long as the door/awning is adjusted below that tree line there is zero problem looking west.
Problem: I'm older now and some medical stuff makes it such that the doors are a struggle for me to open.
The building doesn't have electricity (yet) so have been going around and around with design ideas that either don't need electricity or could use an electric drill. The pictures show what we're using right now - just propping them up outside. What I want is the supports to be permanently attached to the outer end of the door/awning by means of a heavy duty hinge with the other end of that support fitting into a bracket on the post.
I've scoured the web looking for something similar and haven't found it. I think I was pretty thorough but who knows what I could have missed.
Maybe google is not my friend.
What I was hoping to end up with is some kind of a jack device I could move from door to door. It would hook over the bottom sill of the opening and extend out against the outer end of the door. At that point I could pivot in the supports, set them in the bracket on the post and move on to the next door. I've considered levers, compound levers, rack & pinion, overhead cables w/boat trailer winch, etc. - but would be interested in what other people come up with.
Due west is the only option for range direction. (Yes, I'm aware the sun does and always has set in the west.) The down range doors are hinged at the top and open like awnings for combination blue sky control/sunshades and work very well in that role. There's a heavy tree line beyond the last berm that is significantly taller, so as long as the door/awning is adjusted below that tree line there is zero problem looking west.
Problem: I'm older now and some medical stuff makes it such that the doors are a struggle for me to open.
The building doesn't have electricity (yet) so have been going around and around with design ideas that either don't need electricity or could use an electric drill. The pictures show what we're using right now - just propping them up outside. What I want is the supports to be permanently attached to the outer end of the door/awning by means of a heavy duty hinge with the other end of that support fitting into a bracket on the post.
I've scoured the web looking for something similar and haven't found it. I think I was pretty thorough but who knows what I could have missed.
Maybe google is not my friend.
What I was hoping to end up with is some kind of a jack device I could move from door to door. It would hook over the bottom sill of the opening and extend out against the outer end of the door. At that point I could pivot in the supports, set them in the bracket on the post and move on to the next door. I've considered levers, compound levers, rack & pinion, overhead cables w/boat trailer winch, etc. - but would be interested in what other people come up with.
