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: 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: Start

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

Step 3: Remove the Zapper

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

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: Solder

Now solder the prongs to the wires.

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: LED

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

Step 8: Glue

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

Step 9: Solder

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

Step 10: RE-Assemble

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

Step 11: Your Done!

You now have your very own mini-tazer

Video(s)

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

Downloads

TazeR 020.MOV

TazeR 021.MOV

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!

Final Note

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