How to make a box for drying fish. How to make a box for dried fish? For the construction of the structure, it is necessary to prepare

A dehydrator, or dryer for fish or meat, is a must-have item for many fishermen and hunters to use as one of the ways to process their prey. In order not to spend money on an industrial design, you can make a fish dryer with your own hands with minimal financial costs.

Of course, the most inexpensive option for a dehydrator is an ordinary clothesline, on which a fish is strung and placed somewhere under a roof or on a balcony. With all its simplicity, this option does not exclude the infection of fish during the drying process with larvae. various insects, as well as from sitting flies. Therefore, the most practical and reliable dryers for food always have a design with walls that protect prey from flies, other insects and pollution from the street, but somehow promote free air circulation. According to their design, dryers for fish or meat are different:

• Suspended
• collapsible
• Stationary
• with fan

Hanging dryers differ from stationary dryers in that, in accordance with their name, they are suspended from the wall, thanks to which their height and position can be adjusted, which is convenient when choosing the most suitable place for the amount of sun or wind. Collapsible dryers are very convenient in that they can be disassembled for compact storage while they are not in use. In addition, they are mobile, and during long-term fishing, the catch can be immediately placed in the dryer right on the shore of the reservoir. All these dryers are adapted to dry fish on outdoors. What to do if there is no such possibility, or dehydration of fish needs to be done in winter? In this case, a dryer for meat and fish with a fan will help, which is quite simple to do with your own hands.

In order to make a dryer with a fan, you will need the following materials:

• Plastic container with lid. Can be used plastic box for children's toys.
• Extractor hood with outlet grate. Sufficient fan power is 280 cubic meters. Instead of ventilation hood you can use a PC cooler.
• Threaded rod on M8 or M6, can also be used metal bars 3 mm in diameter.
• Nuts, washers, bolts.

The sequence of work on the manufacture of the dehydrator is as follows:

1. At the bottom of the box, on its short side, it is necessary to mark with a marker the place for mounting the ventilation hood. The place for fixing the grate for the hood is also marked, it is best if it is located on the lid. If this is not possible, it is built into opposite side from the fan at the top. Holes can be cut with a jigsaw, a circular saw-crown suitable diameter, or use a drill with a thin drill: holes are drilled around the perimeter of the circle, then the jumpers between them are removed with an ordinary knife. If you heat the blade of the knife, the plastic will be cut more easily.
2. The fan and the grate for the hood are installed in the prepared holes, fixed to the walls of the box with fasteners. The lattice can be planted on liquid nails.
3. Next, you need to mark the location of the holes for the rod, which will hold the fish or pieces of meat during drying. To do this, masking tape is glued around the perimeter of the box, and markings are already applied to it. Holes are drilled with a screwdriver or drill. Another option for attaching a drying rod is using duralumin corners. They are fixed on the long sides of the container with the shelf down, fastened with bolts, and on the shelves of the corners they are arranged through holes for the bar. With the help of such corners inside the dryer, you can make several rows.
4. The threaded rod is cut into required amount bars of the desired length with a hacksaw.
5. The rods are inserted into the holes, fixed with nuts and washers. If you need to dry something roomy, you can unscrew the nuts and remove the rods.
6. The fish is strung on rods through the eyes or clings to hooks and hung on rods. Then the container is closed with a lid, the fan is turned on, the box is placed in any comfortable spot for several days.

Such a dehydrator is universal, since it is used not only for drying fish, but it is also a dryer for meat, vegetables or fruits. In addition, if thick parchment is placed on the rods, you can dry small products - berries and mushrooms. The dryer from the container is quite capacious, airtight, protects products from the penetration of any insects. How fast the food will dry will depend on the outside temperature of the dehydrator. You can modify such a dryer if you install a special adapter-timer to set the operating time, as well as a device that supplies warm air inside.

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 various types dryers, from compact hanging ones for hanging on a balcony, terrace, tree, to frame-prefabricated 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 represented different sizes, has three horizontal shelves for fish, a fine-mesh grid of 3 mm, which prevents insects from getting inside. Also, this model has an additional lower compartment, so that 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, mounted on flat surface or suspended 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 dryer, which has a convenient cube shape, 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 sun rays thanks to the fine mesh.

Dryers are very popular not only in summer, but also in winter, since 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 comfortable, 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.

In the process of evolution, mankind has invented many ways to prepare products that allow them to be preserved for a long time. One of them is drying. Today we will dwell in more detail on the process of drying fish, the devices used for this and some of the nuances and features of the process of their self-production.

With a successful combination of circumstances, the angler's catch can be calculated not in pieces of fish caught, but in kilograms of its weight.

And in this case, there is a need to preserve the extracted product. Of course, a refrigerator can come to the rescue. But what an incomparable pleasure you experience when eating your own caught and dried fish.

When harvesting a catch, you should remember some features. First, before drying the fish should be well salted.

To improve the taste of the future product, it is better to use not only salt, sprinkling rows of tailed ones in a voluminous container, but also add a few handfuls of black peppercorns and grind a dozen leaves of lavrushka.

Some gourmets mix salt with sugar in a ratio of 3/1. In the case of salting the catch directly at the fishing spot, especially in the hot season, it is recommended to gut the fish to avoid spoilage. In this case, the amount of salt can be slightly reduced.

Secondly, in the process of drying, the fish is very attracted to flies, striving to plant their eggs in each carcass. Naturally, this "seasoning" is not to many tastes, so measures must be taken to prevent free access insects. Consider several options for household fish dryers, made by hand from a variety of improvised materials.

Wooden fish dryer

It is a rectangular wooden box in which a system for hanging fish is made. As building material take a few slats of wood with a section of 20x40 mm, file a sufficient number of parts from them.

Connect the resulting bars at the corners with nails or self-tapping screws, trying to prevent splitting of the ends.

To protect against insects, you can use a synthetic mosquito net, which is not difficult to purchase at any hardware store.

The cell size should be minimal and not exceed 1-1.5 mm. Fastening the mesh to the frame can be done using small nails, but it is much more convenient to use a furniture stapler for this purpose.

To save cellular material, one of the walls of the drying chamber can be sewn up with a sheet of thin plywood or fiberboard.

Hanging the fish during drying can be carried out on wire strings or nylon cords stretched between the bars of the dryer cover. It is convenient to attach the catch directly to hooks made of stainless paper clips.

Homemade collapsible dryer made of plastic panels and corners

This option is suitable plastic lovers. You will need the following materials:

• 2 trimming sandwich panels 250x400;
• corner for connecting panels;
• edge profile;
• frames with a mesh according to the principle of removable mosquito nets for plastic windows.

The advantage of this model is mobility, easy assembly, low weight, as well as the small volume that it occupies when stored unassembled. For assembly, it is enough to insert the frames into the connecting corners without using adhesive compositions. We will get the side railing of the dryer.

Then we will install the same corners on the lower edges of the frames and put the bottom on them - a piece of the panel.

The next step is to make a fastening system to hold the fish from pieces of a plastic corner profile. For this with inside vertically install the corners in the corners of the body and lay four more on them.

We put salted fish strung on wooden skewers or pieces of steel wire on the prepared suspension.

It is better to cover the bottom of the dryer with paper towels to collect the flowing brine. We close the top of the structure with a lid assembled from the second piece of the panel and four pieces of the edge profile. Top cover can be non-separable, fastened using glue or a stapler.

Dryer for fish from plastic boxes

A dryer variant made on the basis of two fruit boxes is quite simple to manufacture. In the device, the container is located one above the other in an inverted form. At the top box, you must first remove the cellular part of the bottom.

It is convenient to do sharp knife or side cutters. The boxes can be connected to each other with glue or self-tapping screws.

To provide protection against insects from a mosquito net, sew two bags equipped with an elastic band in the neck. The lower bag is stationary, and the upper one will be installed after loading the next batch of fish.

For fixing the catch during drying, you can use wooden slats with a section of 15x20 mm, into which nails with removed hats are driven in with a certain step. Depending on the size of the fish, the slats can be set higher or lower. If it is necessary to dry pike, pike perch, one more intermediate box with a completely removed bottom can be added to the structure. In working condition, drying from a container will look like this.

Other dryer options

Human thought has no boundaries. To solve the problems of drying fish, various types of dryers from various materials. Stationary based on plastic window grids can be made in another version, different from the collapsible described above.

For a welder, a more convenient option is made entirely on a non-separable metal frame.

At the same time, the device can be used both suspended and installed on the ground in the shade. garden trees or canopy. It has been noticed that drying fish (drying) is best done in a semi-shaded place, and not in the open sun. In this case, the product will be more tender, soft and oily.

In places characterized by large volumes of fish caught, it is advisable to use stationary dryers large volume, allowing you to load large batches of fish up to several tens of kilograms.

Even an ordinary umbrella, supplemented with a fine mesh sleeve, can be used by savvy anglers to harvest fish in field conditions. It is enough to hang it to the nearest tree and hang the pre-salted daily catch on the needles. In Soviet times, with a total shortage of mosquito net one could not dream, but the people easily got out of difficult situations. Disused tulle was used as protection against insects.

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How to properly dry fish in a dryer and how, if necessary, to make it yourself? What are the best ways to dry fish to give it best taste? How to avoid the most common mistakes using these technologies? We will talk about all this in more detail in this issue and immediately please leave a comment at the bottom of the page to understand how successful the material turned out.

What are dryers and what are they for?

There are many varieties of dryers in terms of models, sizes, capacities, materials for manufacturing. There are frame and folding, stationary and hanging, designed exclusively for drying fish and universal, that is, they are also suitable for drying berries, mushrooms, nuts, vegetables, herbs, fruits, bee pollen.

All of them are united presence of walls from a mesh or gauze, excluding the contact of flies and their larvae with fish, and allowing air to do its job. As well as the presence of a door for loading and unloading the catch, shelves, hooks or wires to place the fish in the correct position.

It is in this opportunity to save your catch from infection with larvae and subsequent spoilage of products that the advantage of using various types of dryers lies in traditional way drying fish (by hanging on a rope or wire somewhere under a canopy, in an attic or balcony).

We make a dryer with our own hands

Modern online stores, as well as departments of fishing equipment in sports stores and in the markets they present to the buyer a wide variety of models of fish dryers in various options value for money.

But with all the variety of products offered, it is far from always possible to choose a dryer model that suits the needs of a particular angler. After all, the catches of different fishermen can differ dramatically in the number and size of fish caught. The home conditions in which the fish will be dried also differ. Therefore, many economic fishermen, adjusting the parameters of the device being created to fit their needs.

First of all, you need to decide Where will the drying take place?. If under a canopy or in the attic of a private house, there are no problems with dimensions. If in one of the rooms, on the balcony or loggia of the apartment, then the dimensions of the future dryer should be calculated based on the possibility of placing it in these rooms for drying and subsequent storage. You also need to keep in mind the size and number of fish caught on the previous fishing. Or calculate these parameters for future catches.

If there is very little space, you can consider options for folding and hanging dryers.

After determining the required dimensions, you need to decide on the materials for manufacturing. They can also be very diverse. For the frame and the door, they usually use the bars, slats or boards left over from construction or repairs, the remains of an aluminum profile or corner - that is, any suitable durable materials.

1. A door is hung on the assembled frame.
2. The opening is hermetically sealed to prevent the entry of insects.
3. A mesh is tightly attached to the walls (best of all, a mosquito net).
4. Many people also stretch the net on the ceiling, but this is fundamentally wrong, since the deposited fly larvae can penetrate the cells and infect the catch. Therefore, the ceiling must be made solid, preferably from plywood or plastic sheet.
5. A tray is placed at the bottom for the timely removal of flowing fish oil.
6. After that, shelves are made inside the dryer or several rows of wire with hooks are pulled (in accordance with the estimated size of the fish). Dryer ready!

Below are some examples of the original creativity of our anglers.

As they say, it is better to see once than to hear 100 times. Therefore, we invite you to watch the video from detailed description making a dryer with your own hands.

How and how much to dry the fish

The drying time and the choice of technology largely depend on the type and size of the caught fish, as well as on the gastronomic preferences of the angler himself.

Before drying the fish, it is necessary to salt it. Small fish can be salted whole. The larger one must first be gutted and cut along the back. And the biggest one will need cut into pieces suitable for the size of dishes for salting.

The duration of salting, again, depends on the size of the fish and the angler's taste preferences - the longer you salt, the saltier the fish will be. Enough on average 2-6 days. After that, the fish is taken out, washed running water and on average for an hour is placed in a bowl with clean water for soaking and removing excess salt.

After soaking, the fish must be dried by laying it on a simple towel and placed in a constructed dryer.

Exists two ways to hang fish on hooks or ropes of the dryer - behind the head (through the eyes) and behind the tail (after making a hole in the right place of the body of the fish with an awl).

Each method has its pros and cons. For example, if you hang it by the tail, then the fat will drain through the mouth and the fish may come out dryish. And if for the head, then the remaining fat can give the meat a peculiar taste. In general, each fisherman chooses the method of hanging according to the type of fish and with his experience and taste preferences.

After hanging, the dryer is placed out of direct sunlight. Best in a draft. The catch is dried for about a week. Samples are taken from the smallest specimens.

Possible mistakes

When salting and drying fish, the most common mistakes should be avoided.

• Salt for salting should be ordinary, coarse grinding. In no case not iodized! Its use is guaranteed to spoil appearance and the taste of dried fish.
• It is not necessary to wash the fish immediately before salting (it is washed only before soaking), otherwise it will inevitably become dry.
• Herbivorous fish should not be salted without gutting in hot weather. The algae remaining in its insides will begin to rot - the fish will have a bitter aftertaste or it will completely deteriorate.
• When placing fish in the dryer, care must be taken that they did not touch. This will prevent uniform drying.

In summer the fishermen in large numbers turn out to be the owners of a solid catch. The key task in this situation is the ability to preserve the trophy for a long time. Drying the catch can become a solution to the problem, which will prevent product spoilage for the next 8-12 months. But for drying you need a specialized dryer. It can be either purchased at any specialized store or made with my own hands. For such purposes, you will need a small amount of various materials and tools.

What it is?

This is a specialized device for drying fish, which can be purchased at specialty stores. Dryers vary in capacity, appearance, options, design, cost. When purchasing the installation, it is necessary to take into account that there are a number of modifications of both domestic and foreign manufacturers.

Kinds

by the most simple fixture for drying, a wire stretched under an awning or an ordinary rope for drying clothes is considered. To protect against flies, a net (or gauze cloth) is simply hung on the fish. Hanging a roach, crucians or bream is allowed both on wire hooks, from ordinary paper clips, and by clamping with clothespins. This method is notable for its simplicity, but it is optimal for a one-time harvesting of fish for suburban area or on a hike. When the occupation is put on the “conveyor line”, and good catches are constant, it is necessary to think about a relatively decent design.

Devices for drying fish can be symbolically divided into two large groups:

• mobile transportable (portable);
• stationary.

Each of these samples has its own advantages. The first can be used anywhere: from the river bank to the loggia in the apartment. Others can be listed as drying cabinets, in most cases they are used not only for fish, but also for drying berries, herbs, vegetables, withering meat and other food purposes. You can simply dry the fish in the open air, or you can organize it with the forced injection of air masses by means of a fan. At the same time, the withering procedure is much faster, and the product is prepared more proportionally. During the cold period, the drying cabinet can be equipped with electric heaters, which, in turn, will also allow you to quickly prepare the fish for consumption.

characteristic feature drying chambers is also the number of compartments. As a rule, single-section types are used, but there are dryers with a considerable number of departments, in some modifications their number reaches up to 5 compartments. Let's consider some models in more detail.

factory models

From factory modifications, 2 options can be distinguished. The first one is structurally implemented in the form of a tall cabinet made of steel tubes covered with mesh. Similar samples are produced various firms under trademarks"Kedr" and "Mitek". Another interesting example is the two-level IdeaFisher ECO-2. This collapsible design is also small in size and can be easily carried. Moreover, based on the conditions, it functions both suspended and placed on the floor or table.

Homemade dryers

From the mass of devices for drying fish follows note the following homemade designs:

• frame;
• folding;
• stationary;
• hanging;
• electric dryer;
• with fan;
• mobile (portable).

But this is not all that homegrown masters are capable of.

First of all, it is necessary to clarify where exactly the drying will be carried out. If under a canopy, awning or in attic individual home- there are no problems with dimensions. If in one of living rooms, on the loggia or balcony high-rise building, then the parameters of future equipment for the dryer must be planned, starting from the possibility of placing it in these premises for drying and further maintenance. In addition, it is necessary to take into account the dimensions and the number of fish caught on past fishing trips. Or balance these conditions for future catches. If the area is very small, it is necessary to analyze the modifications of folding and hanging dryers.

After establishing the right sizes it is necessary to decide on the choice of materials of manufacture.

materials

It is necessary that steel or wooden materials. Thus, it will be possible to practice it for more than one year. The frame must be stable. In order for the device to be of high quality, it must be fixed with durable components (screws). On top, the base is covered with a thin material (chiffon) so that the fish dries on fresh air. Due to the free movement of air inside the structure, the products will dry much faster.

How to choose?

Having studied all the modifications of the dryers, the vast majority of anglers trust the time-tested hanging samples, which are made of a metal frame and nylon mesh. The key advantages of this material are the strength of the structure during drying, the protection of fish from unnecessary contact with flies, experience gained over decades. The structure contains many levels, thereby guaranteeing a hit clean air for the production of high quality and non-hazardous food products. To dry the fish after fishing, you can use hanging samples from various companies.

• "Three whales". This is a well-known domestic manufacturer that carries out mass production and sale of everything you need for hunting and fishing.

• "Cedar". In order to make life easier for anglers, Kedr has additionally created a camping version of the net for drying fish. Its structure is strong and durable, it makes it possible to dry fish on a long trip or in a summer cottage.

• Electric dryer for fish. All of the above modifications are manual control, in other words, the required effect depends solely on the human factor. In fact, such a device can be recreated at home, using several gauze shells, wood (steel) crossbars. Fish need not only be caught, but also hung, along with this, constant monitoring is a natural process of drying it. In order to speed up the receipt of the final result, it is desirable to apply the most advanced modifications - electric dryers. These innovative plants are much more expensive, but in the most short time allow you to enjoy the memorable taste of dried fish.

How to do?

So we got to the most interesting. Let's talk about how a do-it-yourself fish dryer will be built. It should be immediately noted that there are a huge number of dehydrator devices. It is very difficult to tell about all the varieties of improvised structures within the framework of one article, since the imagination of the domestic Kulibins is indeed inexhaustible. Information! Dehydrator in literal translation from Latin means "dehydrator", in other words, the same thing as a dryer.

Wireframe models

In most cases homemade devices made in the form of a wooden box covered with a mosquito net. And one of the most common is considered a variation with dimensions of 500x500x500 millimeters. At the initial stage of production, it is necessary to prepare right amount wooden blocks, process them sandpaper and cover with protective solution. The coating must protect the device from moisture and salt, but at the same time not emit negative fumes that the drying product can absorb.

After that, according to a previously made drawing, the skeleton of the future dryer is assembled. Self-tapping screws and iron corners are used for mounting. To create such a box, you need to follow a series of steps.

• Mark the timber, then cut it with a jigsaw or hand saw.
• After that, using a screwdriver, corners and self-tapping screws, mount the frame.
• Rigidity partitions are placed on all sides.
• On the side walls a cable is fixed (in fact, the fish dries on it).
• Next, you need to process the box with an insect repellent.

• It must soak the material and dry, and only then the box can be varnished. It is absolutely necessary to apply it in 2 layers with a time interval of 4 hours.
• On the bottom of the box, it is necessary to install specialized spacing.
• The door frame must be sealed. Having done this work, you will have a ready-made box for drying fish, where no insects will be able to get through.
• Recommendation! The static dryer can be installed directly on the wall.
• After the base is ready, they take up the tension of the mesh. Along with this, it is necessary to clarify how access will be made inside. To do this, make a door or sew a zipper.

Another option for a similar homemade product is the use of not stretch mesh, and devices from modern PVC windows. In this option, it is not required to make a separate door, but to use a frame from a finished mosquito net.

Dryer with fan

Some of the models of dryers made by Russian craftsmen have fans in their own structure. Air heat exchange in such dehydrators makes it possible to force the drying process. They create such devices from a variety of plastic containers or something like closed cabinets through which an air stream is driven. Let's analyze the production process of a simple device with a fan. For this purpose we will need:

• large plastic tank - from 20 liters and more;
• fortochny exhaust fan;
• ventilation grate;
• threaded steel rods with matching nuts;
• fasteners for grille and fan.

We work in the following order:

• in the lid of the tank we make a hole for the ventilation grill and fix it;
• we fix the fan in a similar way in any of the side ends of the plastic box;
• in the upper segment of the tank we create holes for the rods and insert them, fixing them with nuts (we will hang fish and meat in this place).

If you want to increase the ambient temperature in similar dryer, you can use electric floor mats. Such products are sold in pet stores for breeding reptiles.