DIY Cheap Taser-Glove

Getting a taser may seem like an expensive thing to get, but in reality it isn't! Using a cheap disposable camera found in most pharmacies you will be able to make yourself a taser or if you so incline, a taser GLOVE! All disposable cameras that have a flash have something called a capacitor. This is the main object that will be doing the tasing. The capacitor holds the electricity that comes from the battery, and keeps it in there much like a dam holds water. The camera originally uses this function for the flash, because it requires a lot of electrical energy. What we're doing is not using the energy for the flash, but instead using it for tasing. We are completing the electrical circuit before it is used for the flash.

Materials for the taser

• 1 disposable camera
• around 4 feet of electrical wire
• 1 pair of needle nose pliers
• 1 drill (only needed for taser not glove)
• 2 screws (only needed for taser not glove)
• 1 drill bit nearly the same diameter of the screws(only needed for taser not glove)
• 1 wire stripper (scissors also work, but sire strippers are much easier to handle)
• 1 roll of electrical tape
• 1 roll of aluminum tape (only needed for taser glove)

What we're doing here is opening up the side of the camera. The location of where it should be opened is 2-3 centimeters away from the top of the taser on the side of the flash. Do this until you see this battery-like object that has two metal rods coming out from the end closer to the center of the camera. The object that you see is the capacitor.

This part would be the hardest part of this project. The two rods coming out of the capacitor are what need to have wires attached to them. Each of the rods need a two foot electrical wire attached to them if you want to make the taser glove. If you are okay with just a normal taser then only use a 6 inch wire for each. These then need to be wrapped around themselves to keep them from unraveling. During this process be sure not to charge up the flash function, because this could lead to an accidental self inflicted tase. After wrapping the wires upon themselves use some electrical tape or masking tape to pull the wires in different directions like the picture shown above. Now comes the testing to see if the taser works. Grab anything that conductive, such as aluminum foil or a kitchen utensil. Charge up the flash button until the red light shows up, and touch the two wires together or onto that metal piece you just found. If it sparks and makes a loud noise you taser is ready for the next step. If you want to build the taser glove move on to step 7 if you want to continue with a normal taser, go to step 3.

Now it's time to drill the beginning holes for you taser. Drill two holes in the opposite end of the taser that the flash is on. Use a drill bit end that is just a tad bit smaller than the width of the screws you will be using. These screws don't have to be the same, but should be about the same in length. In most disposable cameras drilling these two holes will not interfere at all with the taser's functionality, but in some cases there is a metal piece on the inside of the taser that will bridge the electricity making the taser lose all of it's energy. I will explain how to deal with this in the next step.

Now we screw the two screws into the two pilot holes that we created in the previous step. After this we strip the ends of the wire and wrap them around the two screws so the electricity is allowed to flow. Be sure that the screws and wires aren't touching each other, because this will complete the circuit before you actually intend it to be completed. After this be sure to tape the wires going in opposite directions so they don't touch each other.

This is the last step for the taser. Wrap some electrical tape around the entirety of the taser so you can cover any of the electrical pieces we cracked open during the process of the making the taser. This way theres no way of shocking yourself on accident because of open wires. The wrapping of electrical tape also gives a much sleeker and deadly look to the taser. Be sure thought to keep the switch for charging up the "flash" uncovered so it can still "switch".

Get one hand of your gloves and choose two fingers which will be conductive. I chose my thumb and index finger, because they easily reach each other. Attach a piece of aluminum tape to each of the fingers you chose. Then strip each wire and tape each of them onto their own separate finger, but on the aluminum tape NOT on the glove part. If your wires tend to spring back into a circular shape then use any tape to keep them down on the glove.