How to make a shoe dryer with your own hands?

During the off-season, many of us are faced with the problem of constantly getting wet shoes, because puddles knee-deep and slush for our latitudes is quite a common thing. Often, even the highest quality shoes can not withstand loads of this kind and eventually begins to leak moisture in certain places. Therefore, when we come home in wet shoes, we think about how to dry it quickly, because no one wants to put cold wet shoes on their feet again in the morning. It is not difficult to solve this problem - you can buy a special device in the store or learn how to make a shoe dryer with your own hands without spending a lot of time and money. In this article we will consider in detail how to bring such an idea to life. You will find several workshops on making shoe dryers at home. Let's get started.

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Is it worth it to focus on the problem?

• Wet shoes are a source of fungus development, which is then very difficult to get rid of later.
• In addition, if you wear wet sneakers or shoes, then a person will inevitably overcome a cold or a cold.

Important! The easiest way is to try to dry the shoes on the battery with a wooden or plastic grill, on top of which damp boots or boots are placed. In this case, the hot radiator will not come into contact with the material of the sole, which means that it will not harm it. The natural circulation of warmed air allows you to dry your shoes in just a few hours.

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How to make a shoe dryer on a battery with your own hands?

This is the safest, most effective and affordable way to solve your wet feet problem. A do-it-yourself shoe dryer for the battery is made quickly enough. We will do it from the remnants of the laminate, and such a design will have a large number of advantages:

• You can attach it to the battery itself on the side.
• You can install several such home-made dryers on one radiator at the same time.
• It will be easy to understand, for example, in the summer you can hide it so that it does not take up too much space.

Materials for work

For work you will need such materials and tools:

• The remains of an unused laminate with a thickness of 8 mm.
• Pencil and ruler.
• Electric jigsaw.
• File and sandpaper.
• Electric drill with a drill with a diameter of 8 mm.
• Paint or varnish, brush.

Construction device

Such a dryer will consist of the following elements:

• Two holder racks.
• Internal locking strip.
• External locking strip.
• Emphasis screen.
• Two wedges.

Important! To simplify the assembly, we supplement the design with an auxiliary bar. By the way, since the stand-holder is the most important element in this design and has a difficult configuration, you must clearly observe the dimensions indicated in the drawing.

We will collect the dryer without using glue.

Workshop

And now we will learn how to make a shoe dryer, which will be attached to the battery:

1. At the first stage, we need to make special holes for cruciform joints (overlays in the floor of the tree). It is very simple to make them: first you need to mark the sample in the right place, then drill a hole with a diameter of 8 mm in the middle, according to the thickness of the laminate.Next - cut the sample with a jigsaw on the inside.
2. Since cuts under the influence of moisture can swell and destroy the structure, each cut must be varnished or painted over.
3. Now we connect racks with an auxiliary level. With one hand holding the bar, you need to push the lower parts of the racks into the first and fourth in a row between the sections of the radiator. And with the second - with your hand we install the internal locking bar, passing it through the central section.
4. Then you need to slightly tighten the auxiliary strip, install the outer locking strip already on top.
5. While the dryer will be in free movement, it is necessary to determine a specific place for it, then install wedges.
6. Next, you can remove the auxiliary bar, insert the emphasis screen.
7. As a result, you get the space between the battery and the screen, where, in fact, the shoes will be inserted with the socks down.

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Making an unusual universal shoe dryer for yourself

In this section, we will learn how to make a shoe dryer with your own hands from the most ordinary computer fan.

Materials

Prepare for work you need the following elements:

• Unnecessary working fan (cooler).
• Corrugated meter tube.
• 12 volt power supply
• Electric wires for extension and connection.
• Electric box.
• Wood screws.
• Electric plug.

Workshop

The assembly of our dryer is as follows:

1. Cut a round hole in the box to fit the cooler.
2. Divide the corrugation into two equal parts, make a slot in the box for them.
3. Insert the cooler, fasten with self-tapping screws so that air enters the attached hoses.
4. Seal all cracks and gaps with rubber gaskets, which will ensure the correct direction of air flow. The dryer is ready.
5. Now insert both ends of the corrugation into the shoes, plug the device into a power outlet to test it.

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Such a device is able to work even from the cigarette lighter in the car, which is especially important during out-of-town trips, traveling, relaxing on fishing and in the country. By the way, repairing a shoe dryer in this way will not take much of your time, and judging by the feedback from users, problems with it are very rare.