How to make an ignitor for homebrew weapons projects

This is a derivation of something I found in a book (Gonzo's Gizmos or something). It's pretty simple to make, and it creates a small spark which you can use for triggers on spud guns (probably), film can cannons (definitely) and tennis ball mortars (hope so, that was the idea here!)

This is something you can easily do in under an hour, and all you need is some wire, a box, a cigarette lighter and a hot glue gun!!!

Step 1 Get whatever you'll need...

This is simple, which is one thing that makes it such a handy little device-thing.

Here's all you should need...
A Cigarette or generic fire lighter-make sure this is the "electric" kind, as only these will work.
Some sort of small box-anything will work here....hopefully.
A few feet of electrical wire
Some utensils to cut stuff and make holes in said stuff
A small piece of something sturdy-I used a block of wood
A hot glue gun (with hot glue sticks)-this attaches stuff (durrrrrrrrrrr)
A few inches of sturdy wire-Coathangers and paperclips will work just fine
Heavy-duty wire snipper things
Wire strippers


Here's what helped for me...
Some aligator clips-two
A hammer-(guess what this was for..heh heh heh)
Electrical tape!
A screwdriver, if a hammer isn't cerebral enough for you...pah, screwdrivers

warning-theres a high chance i forgot something really important.....so sorry if I jump to something I missed here...te he he.


IMPORTANT-DO NOT USE A SOLDERING IRON!! I know it's in the picture but RESIST THE URGE!!! I thought it would work, but IT DOESN"T!! DONT DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111one

Comments

[CoolNerdDroid42]

to use in spud guns it just needs to make a spark?

[cbennett811]

a plain ole flat head screwdriver works nice for this and some grill lighters are just held together by one phillips head screw and stickers down the split.

[jcruz620]

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[szechuan53]

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[cowscankill]

~~Easy.~~ (removed by a lame cow's owner)

[paintboy360]

cows with guns lolololololololol kool

[Geoffrito]

This can be arranged. Muahaha.

[Geoffrito]

not particularly, however for most applications of this type, such a spark is perfectly adequate.

[Metallurgy]

ohhh.....thats fixies allot of things for me....heheheh...

[mitch_mason77]

how many sparks will this make?

[Geoffrito]

what, total? it'll last for a while.... i haven't had one stop working of age... just because i've melted them and snapped them and such. They're a bit flimsy.

[mitch_mason77]

thanks for the help, the one i got out of a barbecue lighter is fairly sturdy, and looks nothing like the ones other people have been using so ill see how it holds up.

[Geoffrito]

good luck with that then

[andy60]

nice! i'm gonna have to try this one, thanks :)

[Vertigo666]

hey that's from mythbusters

[Geoffrito]

did they use it on Mythbusters? Never knew......but very cool show.

[Vertigo666]

no, i was referring to 'big boom big boom!"

[BOOM5601]

The good lord has spoken.

[Geoffrito]

Hah, my favorite words.

[CameronSS]

Thanks! I was going to have to add another step to my cannon, but now I can just link here!