So, I found at my local Goodwill a round 13 inch diameter food dehydrator. Sounds good, should fit 10 inch reels. And it was a steal. 8 bucks!
Now I get it home, and I'm going huh???
I thought it would be a solid wall contraption with stacking shelves inside. Much like a bigger round crockpot.
Nope.
The stacking shelves ARE the walls. And then you got a lid to put on top of all of it. The height in these stackable shelves isn't enough to put a half inch reel of tape. In.
What the hell do I do now? Is this a normal dehydrator design. ??
I'm thinking maybe cutting out the centers of a few of those stackable shelves so I can fit some tape inside. But it seems that with no exterior walls, and just plastic stacked, you'd lose quite a bit of heat.
What say ye with experience?
Oh, and ps. Got no idea how to bake tape either, never having done it before.
Edit : hah! 5 minutes on youtube showed me I was a dumbass.
The stacking is normal and you want it to be able to breathe. Duh. How's the moisture in the tape escape if it cant breathe
So two questions answered.
Which brings up something else. There's no temperature control just an on off switch.
But thankfully it works. Generates heat and has a functional fan.
Now I get it home, and I'm going huh???
I thought it would be a solid wall contraption with stacking shelves inside. Much like a bigger round crockpot.
Nope.
The stacking shelves ARE the walls. And then you got a lid to put on top of all of it. The height in these stackable shelves isn't enough to put a half inch reel of tape. In.
What the hell do I do now? Is this a normal dehydrator design. ??
I'm thinking maybe cutting out the centers of a few of those stackable shelves so I can fit some tape inside. But it seems that with no exterior walls, and just plastic stacked, you'd lose quite a bit of heat.
What say ye with experience?
Oh, and ps. Got no idea how to bake tape either, never having done it before.
Edit : hah! 5 minutes on youtube showed me I was a dumbass.
The stacking is normal and you want it to be able to breathe. Duh. How's the moisture in the tape escape if it cant breathe
So two questions answered.
Which brings up something else. There's no temperature control just an on off switch.
But thankfully it works. Generates heat and has a functional fan.
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