That aside it, and you all, inspired me to build a dehydrator. I've wanted to do this for 30 years. Especially to set it up to be solar at a later date. The hardest part of doing the dehydrator is the material for the trays. I found barbeque grills on clearance for $5.99 at Home Depot and bought 6 of them. You have to design the dehydrator around the trays you get, so I'm not necessarily giving dimensions. You'll also not in the pics a found a neat little stainless tray for $5.00 from Big Lots to put on the shelves where food would fall through. Also the wood is just 2 x 2 and is terribly warped when you buy it. It made sizing everything hard and inconsistent. I had brackets that from bi-fold doors that I bought last month for $.84 discounted from $5.98. For the try sliders I got fancy and bought shelving track but I wouldn't spend the $15.00 on it if I had to do over again, I would just use wood. For the heater I had a spare heater I used under my desk that cycles as needed.
Things I learned. 1) Got to find a fan and let the heat run when it wants but the fan 24 hours a day 2) Drop metal shelf tracks and go with wood. 3) Simplify the corner braces. 4) Look for more expensive wood that would allow the dimensions to be consistent.
Still do to: Build the solar heat module later this month.
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- Made cardboard sides and stapled them in place then removed and traced on wood to cut.
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- laying out the sides to get the most out of the plywood sides
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- studs to use to attach wing nuts or binder clips to hold on door
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- note the heater
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- Binder clips turned out to work better then wing nuts
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- Binder clips turned out to work better then wing nuts
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- Binder clips turned out to work better then wing nuts
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- the results
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- supplemental tray
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