Things You'll Need:
- Disposable camera
- Screwdriver
- Soldering iron
- Two 10-inch pieces of wire
- Electrical tape
- Wire cutters
- 3-inch by 2-inch by 1/2-inch project box
- Two switches (toggle)
- One push-button switch
- Holder for double A batteries
- Drill and drill bit
- Devcon Weld-It
- Heavy-duty grouting gloves that are chemical-resistant
- Tin foil
- Rubber bands
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Step 1
Take the packaging from from the disposable camera: its cardboard box, any stickers, label, everything. Leave the bare plastic. Look for the latches that hold the disposable camera together, and pry them apart with a screwdriver.
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Step 2
Pry the two sections apart carefully, taking care not to interfere with the circuitry. Remove the battery. Open the camera, and be very careful not to touch any of the circuitry.
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Step 3
Touch the two leads inside the camera together so that any remaining current is discharged. You can do this with the blade of the screwdriver. Take it out of the camera.
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Step 4
Remove the small bulb, the indicator LED, by unsoldering it with the soldering iron. Unsolder two wires from the camera's circuit board. Strip the ends and solder the ends to the leads of the LED bulb. Solder the other end of the wire back onto the camera's circuit board. Remove the capacitor from the circuit board by unsoldering it. Solder two leads to the leads of the capacitor.
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Step 5
Bridge the switch for the capacitor (located on the circuit board) with a piece of wire; that way, the switch won't ever turn off. Solder two 10-inch pieces of wire to the two you soldered in Step 4.
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Step 6
Use a drill to make four holes in the project box's top. The holes will be for the switches as well as the LED bulb. Secure the battery holder for the double A batteries to the project box's side with glue. Add two more holes, but into the project box's side, for wires that will go to the glove's fingers. Slip the switches into the holes you drilled for them and secure them with glue. Make sure they're near the capacitor switch.
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Step 7
Take the end of one of the battery holder's wires and solder it to the switch you haven't used yet. Solder another wire from another switch, then to the circuit board where the battery holder was located. Be sure you have the polity correct--negative to positive, not negative to negative, for example. Remove the clips by unsoldering them from the circuit board, and solder the wires into the clips' holes.
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Step 8
Secure the LED in place by gluing it above the position of the main power switch. Thread the 10-inch wires through the holes that are located in the side of the project box. Place the altered circuit board from the camera inside the project box and check the wires. If any of the wires bridge, you may have to wrap some of the wires with electrical tape. Close up the project box.
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Step 9
Remove the coating from the end of the 10-inch wire with wire cutters. Hook them up to a multimeter to determine if there's any voltage. If there's a charge, continue on; if not, check your connections. Use rubber bands to attach the 10-inch wires to the back of the gloves, near the wrist. Check the length of the wires and cut them so they extend an inch beyond your middle finger and your thumb. Wrap tin foil around your thumb and middle finger, encasing the wire. Secure the tin foil with electrical tape.
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Step 10
Actuate your glove Taser by turning on the main power switch. If all goes well, the LED will illuminate. Charge the Taser glove by turning on the other switch and pressing the button switch. You should hear a high-pitched whine, just as with the instant camera. This will charge the capacitor. Touch someone, and they'll get quite a charge. Repeat the above steps for as many Taser gloves as you'd like.
