wood prep with a food dehydrator?

So I went to Cabela's recently to grab some fudge, and I saw a food dehydrator on sale. It's meant for jerky but I was wondering if anyone had used a dehydrator to do sticks? I've always baked in my oven, but the house we're going to has an OLD oven. It may be 50 years old or something, so I'm a little concerned about money/heat efficiency. Would a dehydrator work for sticks? Getting out humidity is basically why we use the oven, but this would be designed to do that.



Also, any tips for decorating wood aside from kool aid and wood burning? I wanted to make Yuki some playtime stuff and just wood colored looks a tad boring. Also, are the colors for us or can chins see them?