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!).

ARJOON says: Apr 29, 2011. 1:43 AM

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

RAYED says: Nov 26, 2010. 8:27 AM

whats the capacitor value

coolrobot says: Nov 28, 2009. 7:24 AM

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?

shawntherobot says: Dec 7, 2009. 2:07 PM

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!

coolrobot says: Jul 17, 2010. 9:15 AM

where exacly below your thumb?xD i wanna try

shawntherobot says: Jul 20, 2010. 11:26 PM

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

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

I just got an idea.

Carl Aren Sandine says: Jun 19, 2010. 10:32 PM

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

MACKattacksnipe says: Mar 16, 2010. 9:18 AM

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

Robot Lover says: Mar 1, 2010. 5:35 PM

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! ;)

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

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....

Robot Lover says: Mar 2, 2010. 5:39 PM

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. :)

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

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...

idontcar3 says: Jan 1, 2010. 11:54 PM

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?

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

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

jakk21 says: Nov 20, 2009. 9:41 PM

all another batery will do is make it charge faster.

coilsinamotor says: Oct 27, 2009. 9:17 PM

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?

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

Awesome!

bylerfamily says: Jun 5, 2009. 9:45 AM

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

idontcar3 says: Jun 14, 2009. 10:10 PM

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..

coilsinamotor says: Oct 27, 2009. 9:20 PM

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

bylerfamily says: Jun 15, 2009. 5:53 AM

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

stratos13pao says: Oct 3, 2009. 7:06 AM

you can get them all fron a disposable camera

idontcar3 says: Jun 15, 2009. 4:04 PM

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

bylerfamily says: Jun 16, 2009. 5:37 AM

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.

idontcar3 says: Jun 16, 2009. 9:19 AM

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

bylerfamily says: Jun 17, 2009. 6:08 AM

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

idontcar3 says: Jun 17, 2009. 4:13 PM

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