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Camera Tazer

Camera Tazer
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I have seen many camera tazers, but none on this website that are illustrated all the way step-by-step.All you need is an old disposable camera, prefferreably Kodak. All brands work, but all are different. I found kodak the easiest type to make a tazer out of.

So, i am posting mine. It comes from a Kodak Powerflash, and can give 380 volts. i hope you enjoy
 
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Step 1Opening the camera

opening the camera
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first, peel of the stickers to reveil the tab things you are supposed pop open.

using a flathead screwdriver, pop open the tabs.
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Apr 20, 2012. 8:41 PMjockkitto16 says:
hahaha, i made one of these and tested it with my dad by shorting out the skin contacts with a screw dirver, it makes one hell of a bang!
Jan 20, 2008. 8:32 PMGromotka says:
on the second step of this page,sorry im completely new to working with electricity, will touching the copasitor with a screw driver that has a plastic handle run the risk of shocking me at all? what do you mean by touch?
Jan 25, 2011. 7:07 PMRhamkota says:
It would just jump to the other side (it would rather travel through the metal than you) so you don't need insulation.
Jan 6, 2011. 2:36 AMjelmer2209 says:
I putted some tape around my metal screwdriver. Didnt get shocked but It makes a pretty loud spark xD
Aug 1, 2008. 9:10 AMchip123 says:
don't you mean plastic is an insulator?
Aug 23, 2008. 5:46 AMDrCoolSanta says:
it is insulators and conductors, what you mean.
Aug 23, 2008. 8:24 PMDrCoolSanta says:
um... you seemed to confuse him by calling them resisters.
Mar 15, 2008. 8:00 PMxproplayer says:
resistors conduct you can discharge the cap with one
Mar 16, 2008. 8:16 PMxproplayer says:
yea the resistance is determined by how much plastic and how much metal is in the resisance
Jun 3, 2008. 12:53 AMscamp says:
dont know what that ment but if the volts or current is high enuf its can get u but now where near volts or current amps watever to get u from this cap
Jun 28, 2008. 2:21 AMekulmeekul says:
i think he is talking about an insulator.
Oct 18, 2010. 3:17 PMandy55551 says:
Do the hurt a lot? My comminity is really strict and my neighbors will sue if i do like anything.....
Oct 19, 2010. 2:16 PMandy55551 says:
well the girl at the camera place said it hurt like ****
Jan 24, 2009. 9:26 PMskyhigh32 says:
ummm... i made this and it didn't work. any suggestions? i followed the guide and had no problems, i took apart a cat5 cable and used the smaller wires inside of the cable. i put in the battery, pressed flash, touched the wires and no spark, and i tried to touch myself and i didnt get shocked
Sep 27, 2010. 5:15 PMrenscan2 says:
Lol, its funny because you tried it on yourself :P
Oct 22, 2009. 6:43 AMsimfire687 says:
hook it up directly to the capacitor and it should work great. this instructable does it the less fail-proof way
Apr 24, 2009. 10:57 AMbylerfamily says:
Make sure you connected the battery right.If that doesn't work then replace your batter.Check and make sure there are no wires touching inside.
Jan 28, 2009. 6:43 AMiloveairsoftstuff says:
wow. you are a genius my friend. "hey this thing didn't give a spark, so maybe i should touch myself with 380 volts!!!!" genius idea. you, my friend are a regular albert einstine.
Feb 12, 2009. 1:45 PMamando96 says:
all i got was 8mA... not dangerous...
May 28, 2010. 8:28 PMbears0 says:
 yep a battery is 5mA (or 500mA) cant remember, rechargables are 2300mA, how do you measure amps anyway and how do you lower them if they are too high
May 29, 2010. 1:25 AMamando96 says:
 A battery is much more than 5mAh, but since it's a voltage step-up, the voltage goes up, but the amperage goes way down.
You measure the amps something is pulling by putting your multimeter in series with the load.
You cannot ''give'' too many amps, you can only "pull" them.
Say you have a motor that pulls 1000mAh(motor current varies a lot, but lets say it is a constant), if you wire it to a 4000mAh battery, it will ONLY pull what it needs to operate which would be 1000mAh
Aug 22, 2010. 6:55 AMjackatronix says:
very good quite easy to follow but it isnt capasitor, its capacitor
Jul 30, 2010. 7:15 AMjggammer says:
wile making this i zapped my self curse you camera i might just not turn this into a tazer maby a airsoft target >:)
Aug 29, 2009. 12:35 AM555mst555 says:
hey....how much did u get ur camera for?
Aug 31, 2009. 8:01 AM555mst555 says:
the disposable ones
Sep 2, 2009. 12:34 AMCeiling cat says:
That was a rip-off. I got like six of them at target for free. Did you use the ones that had already been used and returned by others?
May 28, 2010. 8:30 PMbears0 says:
 where do you go to get them at target (returns)  WHERE? lol
May 31, 2010. 7:59 PMCeiling cat says:
Calm down.  It's going to be aright.  Now what I need you to do is go to Target, and go to the camera counter, and ask if you could have a few of the empty disposable cameras.  You may need to clarify a little but they are (in my experience) willing to let you walk away with a few.  Just don't be greedy.  And don't tell them you're going to make a tazer.
Sep 4, 2009. 11:02 AMCeiling cat says:
Do you have a Target?
Nov 10, 2009. 3:51 AMdangeross says:
wow. 380 volts? i've heard that 120 can kill a person...even though ive been zapped by 120 many times....dont touch anybody with it? what is the purpose of it then? sounds dangerous.... 
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