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My Mini Tazer (first soldered project)

video My Mini Tazer (first soldered project)

This is my mini tazer. Very cool and fun to mess with. I put the capacitor to show the discharge of the electricity. Without it, there is no exciting sparks, but it'll work. I used my dad's old soldering iron and it works quite fine, allowing me to make this tazer. Proud to say this is my first wired project that has been soldered together. Soldering is so easy to me now! I have 2 more camera circuits and some spare parts from an old one... Maybe I will make some more tazers of different types for friends etc.
Mini charge circuits taken from Coilgun Handgun Instructable (I love those guns!).

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Apr 29, 2011. 1:43 AMARJOON says:

if you replace the capacitor and put a 0.68 400v mkp capacitor adn leaving the circuit on, touch the leads

Nov 26, 2010. 8:27 AMRAYED says:

whats the capacitor value

Nov 28, 2009. 7:24 AMcoolrobot says:

the capacitor i have is like 2 times bigger and it has a ''963'' written 3 times on one side.i got it from a camera with flash.i would like to know if there is any way to make a taser that can show the electricity arc like the thing from a lighter?

Dec 7, 2009. 2:07 PMshawntherobot says:

The thing from a lighter is called a piezo. It uses some type of crystal that i forgot the name of and squeezes then reales that produces electricity that i think is static if you take that out and shock yourself it wont hurt much. I hope you mean the ones in small electric lighters or candle lighters not barbq igniters. Also one thing that i can do and most likley you too is shock spots on your body like hands and arms some places if you shock it shocks a nerve and makes limbs twitch. I can do it below my thumb to make my thumb twitch and my elbow to make my forearm twitch fun messing with nerves!

Jul 17, 2010. 9:15 AMcoolrobot says:

where exacly below your thumb?xD i wanna try

Jul 20, 2010. 11:26 PMshawntherobot says:

well......i forget and i lost my piezo

Nov 30, 2009. 4:39 PMcowscankill (author) says:

I just got an idea.

Jun 19, 2010. 10:32 PMCarl Aren Sandine says:

LOL that is AWESOME lol i might make that but up the voltage a bit ...(evil laugh) ... :) and its kinda like an eco friendly tazer because all you do is charge the capasitor lol and save the batteries energy i think ... anyway RIGHTEOUS

Mar 16, 2010. 9:18 AMMACKattacksnipe says:

almost like a spark coil gun or a welder in a way

Mar 1, 2010. 5:35 PM

Robot Lover says:

even tho this is your first project using the soldering iron you seem to know quite a lot about electronics. Did you just teach yourself about elctronics or did your father or somebody else teach you?

My dad started teaching me as well as my brothers about electronics when i was 4. just a thought. ........................ Great tazer i might makek one! ;)

Mar 2, 2010. 1:42 PMcowscankill (author) says:

Thanks! I taught myself, but right now in school I am learning how to make circuits. Much easier now haha. I learned how to use resistors in parallel and series and also how to make a power budget....

Mar 2, 2010. 5:39 PM

Robot Lover says:

sweet! i wish i had just a little more knowledge in circuitry but sadly, sniff sniff... i am not as knowledgeable with electronics,but i get by. :)

Mar 3, 2010. 1:13 PMcowscankill (author) says:

Good news! I might get another camera soon and post instructions for the mini tazer...
I modified this one and put it in a tic tac container. Fun fun...

Jan 1, 2010. 11:54 PMidontcar3 says:

hey dude sorry i have no audio and i was wondering..

u make this out a camera?
if not.. and if u have the schematic
would u post it?

Jan 4, 2010. 2:59 PMcowscankill (author) says:

Yes, it is from a camera... read the description please.

Nov 20, 2009. 9:41 PMjakk21 says:

all another batery will do is make it charge faster.

Oct 27, 2009. 9:17 PMcoilsinamotor says:

the circut is 1.5 by 1.5 cm. i found a rechargable li-po battery and used that. mine is 1.5 by 1.5 by 1.5 cool eh?

Oct 28, 2009. 1:10 PMcowscankill (author) says:

Awesome!

Jun 5, 2009. 9:45 AMbylerfamily says:

Yay!Mine works!I mounted mine on top of an AA battery so it would be smaller...

Jun 14, 2009. 10:10 PMidontcar3 says:

duuude do you know anything about the componentes like value or something x_x i asked to plasmana but he didn't answer me x_xplz..

Oct 27, 2009. 9:20 PMcoilsinamotor says:

the suface mount resistor to the led is 100k ohms and the surface mount resistor to the transformer is 220 ohms! hope this helps

Jun 15, 2009. 5:53 AMbylerfamily says:

What do you mean?Like as in what voltage the transformer or what kind of diode?

Oct 3, 2009. 7:06 AMstratos13pao says:

you can get them all fron a disposable camera

Jun 15, 2009. 4:04 PMidontcar3 says:

well, the diode i know it s an1n4007 capacitor 22nF but plasmana said i could use anyone.. that does mean the type or the capacity/Voltaje? another thing is the transistor.. give ems ome values like i don't know.. amps volts or whatever y takes charge of.. and plz.. but really PLEASE!!! tell me about the F··$%·ing transistor.. like.. voltaje or w/e tell me something about the transformer that should be all thnx man

Jun 16, 2009. 5:37 AMbylerfamily says:

That meant you could use any capacitor.The transistor is an NPN transistor.The transistor can handle voltage up to 9v without burning out.The transformer,it works differently than most transformers.The middle pin on a 5 pin transformer is the negative battery input and the second pin is the hv output.It outputs around 330v.Don't trust me,the info I have about this is limited.

Jun 16, 2009. 9:19 AMidontcar3 says:

i'll try another type of capacitor but the same 22nF and i'll check the transistor i got from my cameras and look for some datasheets.. and.. and i'll tell the guy in the store i need a 330 (plus) v transformer with 5 pins :p then all i need is a multimeter :D thanx man.. u saved me :D

Jun 17, 2009. 6:08 AMbylerfamily says:

The store?!What for?You can get all the parts from a disposable camera.

Jun 17, 2009. 4:13 PMidontcar3 says:

thats the problem.. the disposables cameras here are way too expensive dude.. should be better buy the things apart.. and more cheap :).. and.. i screwed all the trasformer from my old cameras.. thast why i want a brand new transformer