Dehydrator

[Sixx]

I've got a buddy who lives in France and I've suggested to him to buy a dehydrator. He says it wont work cause he's on 220V. Do they make any that will fit for him! I checked around, but I thought some of our european neighbors might give him so places to look!

Thanks alot

[michael lambert]

http://www.vitalityplus1.com/product...?products_id=8

[Sixx]

your the best man! thanks alot! my buddy is gonna dig this! He's been frustrated waiting forever for his paints to dry! Thanks Micheal!

[michael lambert]

Well this bloody thing is really really powerfull!

The only way i can get it with in 110 degrees is to have a 1 inch gap towards the bottom and u cut out a sheild blocking out most of the hot air from raising up.. and this keeps it between 100-110.

[CFarias]

The dehydrator suggested by Adam Baker is the one I use and I can't recommend it enough. I have used it quite a bit over the last 7 years and it's never let me down. Cut out one of the tray's from its ring and it is deep enough for 1/24-scale cars, but it's just small enough to not accomodate 1/12-scale bodies. My only complaint is that it doesn't have an on/off switch so you have to keep unplugging it to turn it off.

My suggestion is to bite the bullet and buy the thing on Ebay. In the end you'll be glad you did.

[michael lambert]

Yea i think i am going to have to do something here, This thing is just too strong..

As you can see i have paint caps lifting with a stryrene layer to defelect alot of the heat, and i still have to prop the top lid alittle to let enough heat out to bring the temp down to just under 110..

I am wasting soo much electricity doing this..

[michael lambert]

its hard to tell, Is this the same one.. It says adjustable from 95-155

I think i am going to return this one and get this one.. i did not see it in the store today, however she went and got it for me i just asked for the cheapest one!

Dehydrator

[jmwallac]

I use my oven as the dehydrator. With just the oven lights on (there are two 65 watt bulbs) it warms up nicely in about 30 mins. Just make sure you put a note on the door so your wife doesn't melt your rarest of models like mine did.

[Adam Baker]

Michael, that one you linked to, is the type that I have. It works great.

[Murray Kish]

Yeah, go for the one you just linked to...
Dehydrator

I have the Nesco one from Adam Barker's post up above, and it looks like it's the same thing.

The adjustable temp is a great feature.

The racks need to be cut out so that you can fit a body in there, but there is generally plenty of room. I even fit a 1/48 scale Mig 21 into mine... it was pretty close, but it fit.

On/Off switch - this was my only frustration with the Nesco unit. However, take a look at http://www.rd.com/19543/article.html I did something similar to my unit, but the switch I used was a little more beefy (I just went to HomeDepot and told them what I was doing and they gave me the switch I needed. ) So, now I have an on/off switch and don't have to unplug every time.

Also, I've been thinking about making a bigger 'box' as well. The great thing about this dehydrator (Nesco) is that everything is in the lid. So, my idea was to just make a box, and then cut a hole in the top that the lid would just fit into. It would need vents at the bottom for airflow, but I think it would work??

I love my dehydrator. It made the hobby fun for me again...

Murray

[Adam Baker]

One suggestion I saw, was to take the top & bottom ring for hte dehydrator, and then get something such as metal flashing from Lowes, Home Depot, or any other home repair type place.

Then you take the flashing, and rivet it to the rings, one at the top & one at the bottom, and rivet the flashing at the overlap.

And all you have to do is decide how wide you want the flashing, to make it taller.

[torinobradley]

Has anyone tried to put a rheostat or voltage controller on the cheap dehydrators? I have a couple of $2 garage sale dehydrators that I would rather modify than buy a new one.