30 disposeable cameras and nothing to do....

ShockSlayer · Post by **ShockSlayer** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 6:44 pm

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So, what do you reccomend?

Links?

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jeroen · Post by **jeroen** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 6:46 pm

use the flash circuit to build a coil gun!!!!!!!!! EVIL!!!!!!!

teraflop122 · Post by **teraflop122** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 6:47 pm

Camera coilgun (assuming these cameras have a flash)

http://www.instructables.com/id/E8SM0S4SPQEP286CKH/

Who wouldn't love to build a futuristic kinetic weapon out of household items?

EDIT: Oui, Jeroen beat me to it.

atari2600a · Post by **atari2600a** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 6:48 pm

LOL, I got a disposable digital camera & never took the time to hack it for use as a permanent one!

ShockSlayer · Post by **ShockSlayer** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 6:57 pm

Flashes they have!

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EDIT: My brother is cracking all the cases open and brinding the capacitors contacts.

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jeroen · Post by **jeroen** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 7:01 pm

Nooooooooooooooooooooh. You need those. Save them
NOW! Theres no time........in 3 min.

ShockSlayer · Post by **ShockSlayer** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 7:03 pm

The cases, or the caps?

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Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 7:12 pm

Caps are what you need.

But I must warn you: THe coil is very time-consuming, wrist numbing, and very VERY picky.

I made one arbitrarily out of a thin gauge wire and it launch a ball bearing decently far (7-10 feet at 45 degrees). However, I made one according to the specs on a site and it didn't even make it out of the tube.

It's very messed. But I only used 5 caps...

ShockSlayer · Post by **ShockSlayer** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 7:33 pm

I have 30 caps desoldered from disposeable flash cameras.

Whats a railgun?

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Felino · Post by **Felino** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 8:38 pm

A railgun basicly has two rods of steel, with a small gap beetween them, with the caps across them. You put a al foil ball beetween them, it turns into plasma and shoots out the end, I wouldn't bother, just make a coilgun, I used a car relay. Removed the guts of it, and used the coil. Worked ok, but am building a better one.

Were did you get the cameras from?

I bow down to you, but you will never match my hawtness.

Felino

EDIT: Try this, it was on HAD a while ago. http://www.evosapien.com/robosapien-hac ... apien.html Look out, please make sure you are over 18 when you read the page, or just pretend you have a beard for the 30 seconds while you read the one line disclamer.

ShockSlayer · Post by **ShockSlayer** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 6:26 am

I put all the caps on a plain breadboard, and Im wiring together all the + and -.

By the way, I miscounted. 31.

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Felino · Post by **Felino** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 6:38 am

Now for the coil!

ShockSlayer · Post by **ShockSlayer** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 8:54 am

How would I make a charging circuit? Or should I try to salvage one from the boards?

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teraflop122 · Post by **teraflop122** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 9:04 am

Yes, use the charging circuits from one of the cameras, preferably one that has a "flash ready" LED indicator.

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 11:22 am

Could someone post detailed instructions for making a coil gun? Everything I've ever seen makes it seem like they took the caps out of some cameras, set them by a bearing, and it flew across the room.