Jerky maker (dehydrator) plans??

[Rob Mills]

I used to see some web sites that had pretty good food dehydrator construction plans/ideas but don't seem to locate any now. Any one know of any??? RM~

[strikerspam]

While I don't know of any site that has plans, I remember the one a teacher of mine built. It was about 2'x2'x5' the upper half contained a series of slots and screen shelves. (where the material to be dried was placed.)

In the lower half he placed a space heater facing the opposite side and a piece of sheet metal wedged into a curve to deflect the heat upwards. The top was open. The screened shelves were boxed in making it more a "drying tunnel' than a dehydration box. It did the trick though.

Sorry I don't have more precise measurements. But I remember this from the 6th grade and I'm 45 now.

[Mark H]

[Upscale]

Did you get to eat any?

[strikerspam]

Yeah, but it wasn't too fun for kid not use to camping. I put the piece of dried apple in my mouth and it promptly sucked every bit of water out of it.

[Rob Mills]

[J. Clarke]

Anything like these?

Thanks for the thought, RM~

[Rob Mills]

but I would bet those would work great if mine conked out. Mine is a ceramic cone wrapped with an exposed screen door spring like heating element such as you would see in an elect dryer coiled arround the outside. It has a screw base at the bottom of the cone just like a regular light bulb. RM~

[10x]

As JOAT would say if he were still posting, "google is your friend."

A google search on "ceramic screw base heating element" (without the quotes) turned up a number of hits.

Follow this link:

at the second picture down on the page. I think that is the exact one you are talking about.

Joe aka 10x