Homemade Drying Racks. . .
Personally, I wouldn't use furnace filters. Wouldn't want to take the chance on any of the fibers (no matter what type they were) getting into my meat and then ingesting them.
The dryer racks I use for drying meat I made. There are 8 of them 26"x34". This is how they are made:
1.) 8 - 10'x1"x2" - cut to length (makes 8 racks) (1 - 10'er per rack).
2.) Glue & screw frames together.
3.) I used flat "L" brackets at all corners to re-enforce them.
4.) I bought 8 yards of "natural" (no dyes) cotton gauze material (Jo-Ann Fabrics - can usually find on clearance) cut into 8 - 1 yard pieces at the store (cloth is 54" wide).
5.) Wrap frames (on both sides) with material, pulling until taught, and staple around all four sides (on one side) and three sides of the other side. Leave one of the long sides (on one side only) unstapled. This is so you can put the slices of meat to be dried in between the cotton gauze cloth. (This also keeps the flies and other bugs off the meat while drying).
Stack them and begin your drying. . . .There you have it!
