Disposable camera coilgun

Step 2 Disassembling the cameras and getting the right parts

- First of all, disassemble your cameras and carefully remove the flash circuits.

- Look for the big capacitor on every circuit board (a cilindrical thing) and touch both connections with a screwdriver. BE CAREFUL! This will probably give a great spark, since the capacitors may still be charged.

- Choose the flash-charger-circuit board you want to use. Mark the location and the polarity of the capacitor on the board, so you know how to connect the string which will be explained in step 5 later. The (-) side is the one with the vertical stripe printed on the cap above it.

- Identify the charging-button and triggering-switch on the circuit board which were originally used to load and trigger the flash, and solder the wires connected to them together, so the switches are both closed.

- Desolder the big capacitors from every circuit board, and throw away the boards you don't need - so not the one you chose earlier.

Comments

[derbert]

DON'T throw away the other boards the other boards, you can use them for tasers, even without the huge caps

[frixx]

I want to know will it work with two 350w capacitators on paralel ? you can send an email or just reply here thanks!

[bylerfamily]

Yes it will.

[frixx]

my email is [e-mail]

[dumdog927]

can you email me what the trigger switch looks like at [e-mail] or send a comment repley

[AlfonsVH]

The trigger switch is the red button as shown in the pictures. It's just a switch which is switched on when it's pushed, and off when released.

[dumdog927]

i mean the trigger on the NEW disposible cameras cause i cant find any old disposible cameras with obvious trigers

[AlfonsVH]

That depends on the brand of camera you're using. I'll send a PDF-document with a picture of a KODAK-board to your email address. That may be what you're looking for.

[dumdog927]

i think your kodak camera is either and old type or a different type from the one i have it has a push button for the charger

[dumdog927]

sry my email is [e-mail] but i took apart a kodak and its circuit bourd looks different its like green and where can you buy a universal circuit bourds? thanks for the help so far (:

[AlfonsVH]

@dumdog927: Your email address doesn't seem to work. I uploaded a PDF-file to http://www.avhproductions.be/files/dccg-ad.pdf ; you'll find the pictures in that document.

[girrrrrrr2]

what you need to do is connect the two pices of metal sticking out and that will cause it to flash/fire!!!

[mjohnson22lr]

What do you mean by connecting them? Solder them, solder another wire to them, etc? BTW, avhproductions.be/ is down, and the closest thing that is still up is some music site.

[girrrrrrr2]

well those 2 wires that stick out just need to touch or have the current bridge across them... so solder a switch across them or 2 longer wires.. just make sure it isnt always bridged.

[dumdog927]