The dryer for fish is electric. How to make a drying tool at home. How to make a box for drying fish with your own hands

Summer is a fertile time for picking berries, mushrooms, fishing and other pleasant activities. Often, a successful angler faces the problem of preserving the catch for a long time. Currently, there are several most used methods. Among them we can highlight the drying of fish. With the qualitative performance of this operation, the catch can be saved for a year or more. To ensure the high quality of the process, we suggest you make a fish dryer using a minimum of material and tools.

Before starting work, we consider it necessary to point out some features of such a device. An obligatory element of a modern dryer is the mesh frame of the body. Its task is to prevent the penetration of flies, which tend to lay future offspring on a fresh product. In addition, strong cords are used to secure the fish, which can withstand the weight of the processed catch. The trays located at the bottom of the dryer will ensure the collection of brine released from the fish and moisture that is actively released in the first few days.

Assembling the fish drying box

We begin the manufacturing process of the device with the installation of the case. To make a dryer for fish with your own hands fit various materials. In the design we are describing, the body is made of wooden bars with a section of 30 × 30 millimeters. Wood for parts can be selected from both hardwood and softwood. Focusing on the desired dimensions of the fixture, file required amount details in accordance with the presented photo, using a carpentry saw, electric circular saw or electric jigsaw.

After sawing, to avoid injury during the operation of the dryer, the bars must be planed to smoothness using a manual or electric planer. We recommend that you assemble the case using self-tapping screws, wrapping them with a screwdriver or a screwdriver. The ease of assembly allows you to quickly assemble the dryer during a multi-day fishing trip to remote areas of our country. At high summer air temperatures, drying may be the only way to save the catch.

Additional strength of the design of the dryer will help to provide additionally installed transverse bars. To achieve maximum assembly quality, we recommend reinforcing corner joints by installing additional metal parts. Steel corners are also attached with self-tapping screws.

For ease of use, adding portions of fresh fish and removing finished products, it is convenient to supplement the dryer with an opening door. It is made in the form of a frame with a transverse bar and is additionally reinforced with window corners. For hanging the door, you can use different kind hinges or piano hinges, fixing them to the body and door with small screws.

The next step in the installation of a do-it-yourself fish dryer is the installation of internal cables for hanging fish. This is conveniently done using eye screws, which are a steel ring attached to a threaded rod. You can use any screwdriver to install them. It is enough to insert the tool into the ring, press lightly at the beginning of screwing, and then turn the eye screw along its axis to screw it to the required depth. Tie any strong cord to the fastener rings.

Finishing the installation of the device is to install the bottom in its lower part, made of sheets of plywood or hardboard. Cover the walls of the dryer with a strong nylon net with a minimum mesh size. To do this, it is good to use window mesh found in hardware stores. Remember that its main function is to prevent flies from getting inside. It is convenient to fasten the bottom and the mesh using a construction stapler. To avoid tearing the mesh material of the dryer, when attaching it, fold its edges several times or lay a strong plastic tape on top.

For ease of transportation, for example, when cleaning the premises, fasten two furniture or door handles, and install plastic or aluminum pallets on the bottom.

Homemade fish dryer from a plastic box

In addition to the described, you can find other options for dryers. Consider the features of some of them.

The first type of device is budget-friendly and simple. It is based on a plastic box for glass containers with installed transverse bars for hanging fish. Insect protection is provided by two removable mesh covers.

Hanging fish dryer

The next type of dryer is practically devoid of a body. It is represented by a large mesh bag, inside of which the same mesh shelves with a steel wire frame are fixed. With this method, the fish does not hang, as with all the others, but is located lying down.

The basis of the next design of the dryer is made of coarse steel construction mesh, additionally covered with fabric gauze. A clear disadvantage of this type is the fragility of natural mesh, which will require additional costs after it is worn out.

Dryer from a metal profile

The last of the dryer organization options we describe today has the longest service life. This is achieved through the use of aluminum alloy parts as the basis for the design. Ensuring tightness between the body and the cover, the upper edge of the walls is additionally glued with a rubber seal.

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Are you used to making a ram the old fashioned way? There is a proven modern way to secure the product. A fish dryer is an opportunity to facilitate the process. You need to dry the catch in the fresh air, but away from the sun. The optimal solution is a shade that cannot always be provided in nature. You can also buy a fish dryer for home use. A strong yet lightweight design will protect your catch from insects and other pests.

Product Features

The design for drying is a fishing equipment that is indispensable both for camping and at home. The compact device is stable and has increased durability. With it, the process of obtaining dried or dried fish will become simple and understandable. There are several types of such equipment. Hanging fish dryer can be used while fishing. It is enough to hang it on a tree or fix it above the ground with a tripod. Models on a stable metal frame can be installed anywhere. They are suitable for large volume production.

Advantages:

• Price. The device costs from 500 rubles. The price depends on the capacity, type and materials used.
• Strength. Made from lightweight yet durable materials. The walls and crossbars are made of ventilated mesh. At the base - metal carcass which is difficult to deform. Some models are equipped with sidewalls and a roof made of tear-resistant, waterproof fabric.
• Versatility. You can dry fish, fruits and berries, herbs. Ideal for any product.
• Simple application. It is enough to hang above the ground or install on the frame. Easy to store out of use. When folded, it takes up minimal space.

Where could I buy

Need a fish dryer in Moscow? Offers to buy it

Dryer for fish, dryer for drying the catch

For every fisherman, it is important not only to catch a fish, but also to properly save the catch. Drying for fish is very useful for you in any conditions, even if you are going to dry fish in urban conditions on the balcony. We offer a variety of types of dryers, from compact hanging dryers for hanging on a balcony, terrace, tree, to prefabricated frame dryers that can be installed outdoors, in the country. All dryers are easy to assemble so they are easy to carry, do not take up much space and are packed in waterproof cases, which will be very convenient if you are traveling by car. Dryers are washable, washable, do not fade in the sun, and are also protected from moisture and damage.

What are dryers?

The Dom Rybalki online store offers three types of dryers for drying fish:

Suspended frame made of polypropylene mesh. It is presented in various sizes, has three horizontal shelves for fish, a fine mesh of 3 mm, which prevents insects from getting inside. Also, this model has an additional lower compartment, due to which the lower shelf with fish does not come into contact with objects in any way and is protected from insects. The arched entrance with a zipper allows you to lay out the fish on the shelves and hermetically fasten the dryer. It is suspended on a special device from the cords that are included in the kit. Made in China.

Dryer prefabricated NPO KEDR St. Petersburg. It is a dryer for fish made of small-mesh nylon with mosquito net inserts. The frame is made of metal, installed on a flat surface or hung, depending on the desire of the fisherman. It has from 3 to 6 chains for hanging fish vertically and drying it. Hooks are not included. This model is very convenient to use, as it does not require turning the catch to dry, it is easy to wash.

Dryer team made of ECO-material. Domestic production of drying, which has a convenient form of a cube, can be hung, equipped with crossbars with hooks for drying fish, which is hung vertically in rows. The dryer is made of solid wood, which is why it has gained popularity among lovers of environmentally friendly products. Your catch in reliable dryers! The frame is covered with breathable thin breathable fabric and protects the fish from insects and damage. Packed in a box.

Large round dryer for drying predatory fish, herbs, mushrooms and roots. It has large shelves to accommodate large items for drying. Well ventilated and protected from direct sunlight thanks to fine mesh.

Dryers are very popular not only in summer, but also in winter, as the safety of the catch is an important component not only of pride in the past fishing, but also safe way preparing fish for further consumption. Long gone are the days when the fish was dried on a newspaper, thereby often spoiling the catch or being subjected to laying eggs of the larvae.

Choose convenient, modern dryers for fish on the website of the Dom Rybalki online store. We will deliver dryers to every fisherman in any corner of Russia: delivery by mail and transport company.

Any self-respecting fisherman cannot imagine his life without dried fish. Is it considered a kind of trophy, because it is not only caught on its own, but also fish on its own at home? This process requires special skill.

How to dry fish properly

To prevent a fly or other insects from landing? To do this, it is necessary to make its correct preparation before this process:

1. It is necessary to salt the fish until it becomes translucent.
2. When soaking a salted product, it is recommended to add from 50 to 150 grams of vinegar to the water (this substance repels flies, although not always effectively).
3. For drying, it is best to take not very big fish, because it dries faster, and various insects are not so willing to sit on an already almost finished fish.
4. If you still decide to take large prey for drying, then it is recommended to remove all the intestines from it and remove the gills.

By following this plan, you will slightly increase the chances that flies will not land on fish, but you will not be able to get rid of them 100%.

After that, the product is hung out in the open air and dried for a week, up to ten days.

How to dry fish at home?

Not every fisherman has a special place for drying fish. Accordingly, not everyone knows how to dry fish at home.

To do this qualitatively, you need to stock up on seasonings such as bay leaf, salt and black pepper. In addition, it is necessary to prepare a dense foil and an oven.

So, how to dry fish at home? After preparing all the above things, you need to follow this plan:

1. Rinse the fish, dry it with a paper towel, pull out all the intestines, and then make cuts on it. After completing these steps, the product is sprinkled with salt and pepper and placed under oppression. Next, the fish must be thoroughly washed from salt under running water and dried.
2. After drying all the fish, you need to preheat the oven and place foil on a baking sheet. All prey is laid out on it, be sure to make sure that the heads are turned in one direction. During the drying process, the oven door must be slightly opened by about 50-70 millimeters. The temperature should be no more than 50 degrees. After two hours, the heads of the fish are covered with foil, and the fish itself continues to dry for three or four hours.
3. Then the product is taken out of the oven, strung on an iron wire or thread, and then hung on Fresh air, in the apartment - it can be a balcony. It dries there for at least two days.

AT winter time after pulling out of the oven, the fish can be hung on a rope or wire above the stove.

What is a hanging fish dryer and what is it for?

Drying fish on a rope or wire is quite simple and traditional way, but it does not eliminate the spoilage of the product by flies. But the hanging fish dryer is able to protect it from this harmful influence.

The hanging dryer is presented in the form of walls made of gauze or mesh. Such "walls" allow air to pass through and do not slow down the process of drying the fish. As a rule, inside such dryers is placed hanging device, consisting of slats with stretch marks and chains. Hooks for hanging fish are attached to these chains; when buying such a dryer, they are included in the kit.

To install this type of dryer, you just need to stretch the stretch on neighboring trees or simply drive in stakes. If the drying of fish is done in an apartment, then you can purchase a special frame or build it yourself.

Drying fish in the summer

How to dry fish in summer? This process in the warm season almost does not differ from its drying in winter period. The only difference is that in summer the product can be taken out to the balcony or (in a private house) to the street. In winter, it is necessary to dry the fish over the stove, having previously done the above procedure using the oven.

The most common summer drying of fish is practiced, since winter fishing not as popular as in the warm season.

Drying fish on the balcony

For residents of apartments, the process of drying river prey is a little more complicated, since open air not so much. How to dry fish on the balcony? You need to do the following:

1. The fish must be thoroughly washed, the intestines removed. In no case should the scales be removed, as this will attract flies and contribute to the drying of the prey too quickly (this may affect its further taste).
2. On the back of each fish, it is necessary to make a shallow, but long cut approximately from head to tail.
3. Next, the product is salted in a bowl. It is best to choose enameled containers, and coarse salt. The latter is taken with the calculation of 20% of the mass of the weight of the entire fish. If you wish, you can add bay leaf and black pepper to the salt.
4. The fish is transferred to another container in layers, each layer is carefully covered with salt. You also need to rub the product inside.
5. An oppression is placed on top of the fish and all this is placed in a cool place for several days. The use of a refrigerator is recommended.
6. After salting, the fish must be washed and dried.
7. Further, it is hung out on the balcony (a thread or wire is used). How to dry fish so that a fly does not sit down? It is best to treat each with 3 percent vinegar.

The fish is dried in about a week.

How to dry fish with intestines?

Drying fish with intestines or not is a matter of taste. It is worth noting that if the product was dried along with the insides, then a certain bitterness can be observed in its taste, which not everyone likes.

Drying fish with intestines is the same as all the above methods, the only difference is that you do not need to remove all the contents of its belly.

On the one hand, removing the insides of a fish is a very difficult task, but if the fisherman does not want to get a dried product with a bitter aftertaste, then it is better not to shirk this business.

What is a fish drying box?

How to dry fish so that a fly does not sit down? To this end optimal solution will be the use of a box for drying fish.

It can be bought or made with my own hands. Creating a box with your own hands will cost about half as much.

The optimal size of the box frame for drying fish is 1 * 1.10 meters, the depth is 0.5 meters. Most suitable material- this is a tree (its breed does not matter).

To create such a box, do the following:

1. Mark the timber and cut it with an electric jigsaw. Then, using a screwdriver, corners and screws, assemble the frame.
2. Stiffeners are attached on all sides.
3. A cable is attached to the side walls (fish is dried on it).
4. Then you need to treat the box with an insect repellent.
5. It should be absorbed and dry, and after that the box is opened with varnish. It must be applied in two layers with an interval of 4 hours.
6. At the bottom of the box you need to install special spacing.
7. The base of the door must be glued with a sealant.

After completing these steps, you will get a ready-made box for drying fish, where no insects can penetrate.

How to dry fish so that a fly does not sit down, the reader already knows. Now is the time to talk about how to properly store it.

There are several tips to help keep dried fish as long as possible:

• before putting the fish in a bag for further storage, you need to wipe it thoroughly and put sprigs of coniferous wood in the belly, in its absence, plain paper will do;
• in the hot season, it is recommended to lay nettle on top of dried fish, this will increase its shelf life several times.

Here we told you how to dry fish at home. Fulfilling all the requirements, you will receive a high-quality and tasty product. Enjoy your meal!

Dried and dried fish is one of the most popular snacks in our country, and it would be strange to pay money for it if you yourself like to fish, and even boast of plentiful and regular catches. The simplest version of a do-it-yourself fish dryer can even be an ordinary clothesline with clothespins on which the prey will be attached. To protect against midges, the catch can be protected with a mosquito net thrown over the top, but with the “production” put on stream, this does not look serious.

Home-made drying for fish of a decent appearance and the same functionality can be done at home by placing a large number of slaves in a small space and providing there at the same time good ventilation and protection from curious insects. In a rural area, such a solution is especially relevant, since not only fish, but also mushrooms, and even meat can be dried in a similar way. Two variants of this design can be distinguished. Let's consider each of them in more detail.

Demountable hanging cabinet

In private houses, in most cases, they resort to making a box, covered on all sides with a mosquito net to protect against insects. Depending on the size, such a structure can be hung on a wall or even be multi-tiered and stand on the ground - then up to several dozen fish can dry in it at the same time, but the likelihood of access by terrestrial insects increases. The dimensions of the future box are determined only by you, based on your fishing abilities.

For good air access, the box should not have walls - in fact, we are talking just about a contour frame. For its manufacture, a bar is usually chosen or wooden slats, whose thickness should never be less than 2.5 cm. Moreover, in many cases it makes sense to take a thicker material if the structure has many tiers, or its volume allows you to hang several kilograms of fish at once. In order not to be mistaken with the amount of purchased material, you can draw up a drawing in advance.

Just keep in mind that any box of a relatively large size will not interfere with the presence of additional spacers for strength and stability. When purchasing a bar, it is worth taking it with a small margin - just in case.

For beauty, wood is often sanded and then painted, but it is more reasonable to do the first procedure before assembling the structure, and the second after assembly. The polished slats are cut so as to make two identical rectangles out of them, which will become opposite walls. You can connect them together either with several separate spacers, or with two more equal rectangles. After all this, one more rectangle needs to be made according to the size of one of the walls - it will serve as a door. For the perfect correctness of all corners, most craftsmen advise using special small metal corners sold somewhere in the neighborhood with the same lumber.

When the frame is ready, if not painted, then at least varnished, because wood, and even outdoors, will last much longer.

Paint and varnish must be chosen wisely: they must protect the wood from water and salt deposits, but at the same time be environmentally friendly, because toxic fumes will surely soak the fish.

In the upper part of the box, as well as between the spacers of the lower tiers, you need to stretch a twine or wire on which the fish will be hung. The density of the rows and the vertical distance between the rows should be determined based on the size of the catch you can usually show off. Choosing among twine and different types wire, focus on the ability to withstand rain and withstand the expected weight of the catch, it is also reasonable to provide an easy option to replace sagging or torn pieces.

When this stage is also passed, you can start fitting the mosquito net - usually it is simply cut into fragments required size and simply nailed to the rails in a taut state. In this way, all sides of the box are trimmed, except for the one left for the door, and with the planned tight hanging on the wall, the opposite side may also be left without a grid. The door itself is also upholstered with a mesh, after which it is attached with hinges to the “doorway”. The final touch will be the creation of a “heck” of two or three nails, but here it is worth approaching the task as responsibly as possible so that not the slightest gap remains.

If it suddenly turned out crooked, and there are still cracks, you can paste them on the outside with a sealant.

Many, by the way, do not want to make the door on their own, but specifically adjust the dimensions of the box to the dimensions of a standard mosquito net on the window in order to use it as a door. The very lazy ones may not assemble any frame from a bar at all, simply by connecting several such grids together.

Some craftsmen do not like the fact that when the door is open (at the stage of hanging the fish or extracting part of the prey), insects can get inside, therefore, instead of doors, they sew a zipper into the mesh. This can make the inlet much smaller and easier to control, but this approach tends to degrade the mesh on that side more quickly.

Drying chamber with fan

This design is more intended for the city - at least, it not only can, but should be inside the building, since it requires electricity to operate.

Any box can be used as a frame, only now with integral walls and the possibility of tight closing. You can put it together with your own hands, but the use of large (at least 20 liters) is much more popular. plastic containers from anything.

The ventilation grill is usually built into the box cover located on top, but a small one is installed in one of the narrow side walls. exhaust fan window type, so that by its efforts the air flow passes through the entire box. The presence of an electric fan allows you to completely level the absence of a draft due to the lack of free air circulation in the room, therefore even dense walls plastic box will not interfere with the rapid achievement of the result - in most cases, this design dries the fish faster than the classic one with a net and fresh outdoor air. In the upper part of the box, metal rods with a wrench thread are attached, which are fastened on the outer sides with the corresponding nuts - we will hang fish or other products on them.

On this simplest design home drying cabinet could be finished, but some craftsmen offer options to improve the design. So, it's no secret that for normal drying, not only a constant supply of air is needed, but also a fairly high temperature, which in winter, even indoors, is not always achieved. good decision to increase the temperature inside the cabinet, the use of an electric mat can be used - such an item can be bought at a pet store, since it is necessary for the comfort of most pet reptiles. You can go the other way, providing a place inside the box for installing ordinary incandescent bulbs, which also heat up significantly during operation, but they will take up more space and may require numerous holes in the frame.

When installing any equipment for raising the temperature, it must be remembered that water flowing or evaporating from the dried products should not get on the heated surface, and even more so on the electrical contacts.

Both design options are quite effective, tested over the years of operation and used by hundreds of thousands of our fellow citizens, as evidenced by the positive feedback on various fishing forums. Another thing is that for beginners who decide for the first time to try to dry fish or mushrooms on their own, the first pancake comes out lumpy. Out of ignorance, such people often sin on an unsuccessful design, although the reason for the spoilage of products or their very specific taste lies not in the crooked hands of the master, but in the banal non-compliance with the technology for preparing the catch.

For example, it makes no sense to dry fresh fish - the finished product will turn out to be completely tasteless and few people will like it. Before sending to drying cabinet fish must be salted for at least 10-12 hours, and not any salt can be used for this - only coarse-grained is suitable, and iodized and "Extra" are considered completely unsuitable for these purposes.

Another common mistake is to thoroughly wash the fish before salting - although this may seem unhygienic, this should not be done. The fact is that the inhabitants of the depths are already an excellent breeding ground for various microorganisms, and the increased presence of water also contributes to this, at the same time slowing down the drying process.