# This project sucks! ...Motorized blast gates **URL:** https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/this-project-sucks-motorized-blast-gates/14996 **Category:** Uncategorized **Created:** [September 1, 2022, 5:52am UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/this-project-sucks-motorized-blast-gates/14996 "2022-09-01T05:52:32Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 8
### Author: ![Matticustard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.onefinitycnc.com/matticustard/32/9039_2.png) [@Matticustard](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/Matticustard) #### Post date: [September 1, 2022, 10:33pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/this-project-sucks-motorized-blast-gates/14996/8 "2022-09-01T22:33:30Z")
Thanks! Yeah, I actually did have to fire up the 3D printer for this project too. That was when I realized I the control box I bought was too small for everything that needed to go inside…oops. So I made the funky blue extension for the connectors which can be seen in the photos to get the stiff stems out of the way from the box interior. > [@Bern](#): > > As I watched this, my first thought was “I wonder what his shop looks like?”. My shop is in the garage, with a fan, a shopvac, and a few portable saws on wheels. I would bet that 5 years ago, my garage was a lot like yours. It has definitely been a process. I previously posted a short shop tour in another thread, since you asked. And it actually references the need to make these blast gates, lol — full circle. > [@X-50 Journeyman table, built and ready for action](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/x-50-journeyman-table-built-and-ready-for-action/12104/19): > > Much thanks. It has been a long journey, even since the photos above. I added two tool chests, which took nearly 4 months to arrive, to the back wall that also serve as a tool stand for a number of devices that needed more permanent homes. This has been the year of waiting for everything with shipping delays, so I’ve had more time to focus on shop organization, dust collection, and wood storage. I still have plans to attempt to put together some fully-automated blast gates, which you remind me … --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/this-project-sucks-motorized-blast-gates/14996)._