On Wednesday, October 9, 2002 at 1:38:53 AM UTC-5, do_not_spam_me wrote:
tommy/wendy wrote in message ...

Does anyone own one of these? How good are they? I was told
that the company had gone out of business?

Stanley is still in business and still makes garage door openers, but
only for commercial appications, not residential. They sold their
residential opener business to Whistler, which later went bankrupt.

Stanley openers were solidly made, with a worm drive gearbox, unlike
the Sears/ Chamberlain/Liftmaster openers, which are still known for
breaking their drive gears eventually. Stanley chain drive openers
also required no lubrication of their overhead rail or trolley, and
their electronics weren't prone to picking up false signals that could
make the opener ignore the electric eye and keep closing the door even
when there was an obstruction.

Do they still make them now - look for info on a stanley gate opener from 1974?

In alt.home.repair, on Wed, 9 Jan 2019 07:43:47 -0800 (PST),
wrote:

On Wednesday, October 9, 2002 at 1:38:53 AM UTC-5, do_not_spam_me wrote:
tommy/wendy wrote in message ...

Does anyone own one of these?

These what? Putting essential elements of a question in the subject
line is like putting essential elements of a report only the title page.
It's really bad form. You're not charged by the letter in Usenet.

How good are they? I was told
that the company had gone out of business?

Stanley is still in business and still makes garage door openers, but
only for commercial appications, not residential. They sold their
residential opener business to Whistler, which later went bankrupt.

Stanley openers were solidly made, with a worm drive gearbox, unlike
the Sears/ Chamberlain/Liftmaster openers, which are still known for
breaking their drive gears eventually. Stanley chain drive openers
also required no lubrication of their overhead rail or trolley, and
their electronics weren't prone to picking up false signals that could
make the opener ignore the electric eye and keep closing the door even
when there was an obstruction.

How could weak electronics and false signals make a door ignore the
electric eye? One puts the electric eye circuit in front of the door
motor circuit totally unrelated to remote control signals, other
air-borne signals, and house current signals. Are you saying the other
makers were too stupid to do this? I don't believe it.


Do they still make them now - look for info on a stanley gate opener from 1974?