Garage Door Seal Hinge Spacer
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This is for anyone with a garage door in a place that gets cold. For the garage door to seal properly it needs to press against molding of some kind. Over time, the tolerances in the track get sloppy and often large gaps form. A fix is to install spacers that essentially push against the door (outward toward the driveway) to improve the door seal. Making these spacers yourself (with wood) is a pain, because there is are two slots that the hinge bolts must pass through. This is a perfect 3D print because it is useful, simple and a pain to make using other methods. I used PLA+ with standard Bambu infil settings and a P1S printer with 0.4mm nozzle. My garage is much warmer now.
Usually two of these spacers are needed for each hinge (one spacer for each side of the hinge as shown in the picture). The spacer thickness is approximately ¼ inch. To design this, I unbolted a hinge (leaving it hanging) and put a piece of cardboard underneath and did some tracing. With a few measurements I drew the spacer in Tinkercad. I believe this hinges are reasonably common design in the US.




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