DIY Tazer

by XOIIO

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Intro: DIY Tazer

In this instructable, i will teach you how to make a very effective tazer out of a bug zapper .





WARNING!

Do not use this on anyone with a weak heart or pacemaker!

STEP 1: Step 1: What You Need

You will need:
A bug zapper
A 9 volt battery clip
A soldering iron
Solder
9 volt battery
1 Blue led ( or any other color )
1 100 ohm resistor
1 220 ohm resistor
Hot glue gun and glue
Wire cutters/ strippers
Wire
Screwdriver
Wall adaptor ( see image )

STEP 2: Step 2: Start

Start by unscrewing the screws holding the handle together, make sure to keep these.

STEP 3: Step 3: Remove the Zapper

Now cut the wires going to the red section, make sure to kep some length.

STEP 4: Step 4: Take Apart the Adaptor

Now unscrew any screws from the adaptor, pry it open and remove the metal. Now cut excess metal, keeping the prongs. ( second picture )

STEP 5: Step 5: Solder

Now solder the prongs to the wires.

STEP 6: Step 6: Cut and Solder.

Now remove the old battery connections. Cut the mounting for batteries, and cut the Springs from the wires. Now solder the 9 volt adaptor. Negative to the board, and positive to the switch.

STEP 7: Step 7: LED

Now solder the resistors In Parallel, then solder them to the LED.

STEP 8: Step 8: Glue

Now glue the prongs to the opening at the top of the handle.

STEP 9: Step 9: Solder

Now solder the resistors to the switch, and the LED to a wire coming fron the circuit board.

STEP 10: Step 10: RE-Assemble

Now glue the circuit board into place, fit everything snugly, and screw it back together.

STEP 11: Step 11: Your Done!

You now have your very own mini-tazer

STEP 12: Video(s)

Here are some videos of the tazer, I'll add one soon of me tazering my friend. ( it'l be great! )

STEP 13: Random Fact

Did you know that taser stands for Tom A. Swift's Electric Rifle. Yes i know the title izzz wrong, but it sounds cooler!

STEP 14: Final Note

Thank you for viewing my instructable. Please feel free to leave any comments or suggestions, they are appreciated.

53 Comments

whisperingsage 6 years ago

I gave quickly ruined many pocket tazer by using them to make noise to scare the goats out of the feeder, ( they push and shove and knock the scoop out of my hand , knocking feed on the ground which they then won't eat) the tazer makes a great scary sound and they move away so I can fill the feeder. Will this tazer handle being set off in the air just for the sound?

mylsss 7 years ago

If i want it to lessen the output voltage, what will I change or remove?

zain_de 8 years ago

does it produce sparks or continuous voltage?

Varrma 9 years ago

Can i put a more powerful resistor so that the zapping power reduces and it doesn't hurt much.

freeza36 12 years ago

Can you just leave out the LED's? I am not necessarily the sharpest knife in the drawer when it comes to electronics. Plus i'd have to do it all without getting caught.

XOIIO 12 years ago

Yeah, I just threw them in so it looked cool, and was an obvious sign that it was on.

lemonie 14 years ago

I'm not going to download these videos 'cos they look a bit big - what bit rate did you save 'em at and how long are they? L

XOIIO 14 years ago

well, you don't need to download it, just press open instead of save. I don't know for sure, I think they are 16 bit, I don't know what the standard is, they are each about 1 minute.

lemonie 14 years ago

I have to transfer the data from Instructables to my machine, which is a download (to me). At 1 minute each I think the bit-rate is higher than necessary ~1.5 Mbps perhaps, 512Kbps would probably do? L

XOIIO 14 years ago

Probably, I don't have much experience with bit rate though.

frollard 14 years ago

just upload them to youtube, then you can a) embed them and b) save instructibles the bandwidth :D

XOIIO 14 years ago

I might, but it seems like too much of a hassel.

frollard 14 years ago

you already uploaded them to ibles - its 5 minutes work for the greater good of all humanity. :-)

XOIIO 14 years ago

ill try to do it soon, but i have a control freak mother. i hope that she ;ets me upload them to youtube.

natman3400 13 years ago

Then, pardon my French, HOW THE EFF DID YOU BUILD THIS.

XOIIO 13 years ago

Meh, I was bored and I love electronics.
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