Simple Fruit Dryer

A cheap  fruit dryer you can build on a Saturday afternoon; it gives great results with apples.

Step 1 Materials and tools

some pieces of (scrap)wood
plastic mosquito netting, as used on a screen door
stapler, hammer and nails
pair of scissors, stanley knife
hair dryer or heat gun
cardboard
ducttape

Comments

[calicos]

This is great! I plan to use this with berries, pineapple, etc -- but what I'm really anxious to try is tomatoes! I appreciate the simplicity of this project. I'm only somewhat handy with tools - thanks for this great instructible!

[bruc33ef]

Love it. I wonder, though, how quickly these hair dryers burn out. And their high wattage would make the electric meter spin like a top.

[PS118]

I've tried to use hair dryers for projects before too. They don't really "bur nout" so much as they usually have a thermal fuse inside that melts if it gets too hot. (Safety feature.)

As long as there's enough air flow in this design it should work. BUT if the heat is allowed to build up... *poof* game over.

[fizzix18]

Hi, bruc33f,
The hair dryer is on duty in the apple dryer for a long time already, without any trouble . 1200 W for 5 hours means a power consumption of 6 kWh, which cost me about 60 eurocent (I'm living in the Netherlands)