Captain Intrigue here.
In this episode i'll be building a stun glove.
So what is a stun glove exactly?
A stun glove generates a high voltage electric discharge across your knuckles so that when
you punch someone it stuns them.
I've actually built quite a few of these over the years, but i wanted to try something different
this time, i want to build a modular system so that i can easily swap the glove out depending
on the weather conditions outside.
So for example in the summer, i could wear a thin fingerless tactical glove and in the
winter i could wear more of a winter glove so my hands don't get cold.
So this is actually the glove that i decided on, it's actually considered a tactical winter
glove and i like it because it has a large cuff area i can attach components to, and
my plan is to build a stretchable fabric sleeve that slides over the glove that contains all
the components, and that way when i'm ready to switch the glove i just pull all that off
and put a different glove underneath it.
So there are five main components to the stun glove design that i'm building.
The first component is the electrode assembly, and it needs to be made from non-conductive
material and that includes non-conductive screws.
Anything electrically conductive that's attached to the output electrodes could potentially
cause high voltage arcing and can even zap your hand through the glove, so it's very
important to design and build this part correctly.
The next component is the high voltage module which is one that i bought on amazon since
it's fairly cheap, it's also small and ready to go as is.
They typically run on 3 to 12 volts dc and cost under $10.
It's possible to actually increase the voltage up to 12 volts which allows you to strike
a much longer arc but that causes the high voltage modules to burn out pretty fast and
so it's best to keep it around 5 volts dc.
The next component is the voltage regulator which is a 5 volt 3 amp servo power regulator
typically used on RC planes.
It's small cheap and won't over drive the high voltage module since it puts out a steady
5 volts DC.
The next part is the power source which is a 1000ma lithium ion battery pack rated at
20C, which means it's capable of putting out around 20 amps for very short durations.
That's good because the high voltage module can draw up to 3 amps when it first fires.
And then the final component is the switch which is used to activate the stun glove.
Now let's take a look at some CAD design.
Okay this is the electrode assembly that will be mounted on top of the glove.
This is where i'll be mounting the electrodes to.
And this is the strain relief that's used to hold the high voltage wires.
And this is the fire button that will attach to the finger and a momentary switch will
be inserted in here and used to trigger the stun glove.
And now it's time to 3d print the parts on the makergear.
Alright so here are all the parts for the stun glove.
This is the glove, this is gonna go there, this is for the finger, and that's the strain
relief.
Here's the battery pack, high voltage module, the voltage regulator, pushbutton switch is
going to go in here, and then this is special high voltage wire, it's high voltage silicone
wire.
This stuff is essential, you can't just run normal wire from the output of this high voltage
module or if you do it will start arcing.
You have to use special wire, this is sort of special wire but this is the good stuff,
it's pretty much guaranteed that you won't have arcing out of the wire.
So i'll run that from here down into this area and the plan is to mount all these things
down here somewhere and i've got all this different elastic band material that's stretchable
so i'm gonna try to sew up some kind of like webbing structure that goes over the top of
this glove.
Okay so here's what i've come up with.
I've kind of sewed this thing with some little pouches here, it's all stretchable so i can
insert the high voltage module in here, the battery in here, and there's a little pouch
here for the regulator, and then this is just going to go over this cuff and then i've got
this stretchable piece that's gonna go attach to the electrode assembly and go around the
palm kind of like this.
And i've got some holes i just burned holes through there with a soldering iron, and then
this is gonna connect here.
So i'll get all this connected together and show you how it's going to look.
Here's the hand module.
So what i did is attached this webbing here, and this thin webbing for the fingers and
then i've got one here so the way this goes on is like this.
And this one goes over that finger.
And then the thumb is used to hit the trigger switch.
In the electrode assembly i'm using these nylon screws that way i won't have any kind
of conduction going through the thickness of this plate that could potentially zap me
through the glove.
So the only thing metallic are these washers and i'll slip the wires underneath those and
tighten them down.
And i've got this all wired up, just like in the diagram.
This is the output, this is the high voltage module, this is the input, and this is the
regulator which generates 5 volts DC, and then i just put a connector on the end of
it so i can plug the battery in, and these two wires here are going to be for the trigger
switch, which i'll wire in.
So now i'll put this into the sleeve and sort of get it assembled.
So i've inserted the high voltage module into here, and the electrode wires come out here,
got these spliced on already.
This is the regulator, it's just going to tuck into this little pouch, and then these
are the pushbutton switch wires.
Going to feed these through.
Okay and then i'll put the battery in here.
Okay just like that and this will connect to here once we're ready to power it up.
Okay so now i need to install this on the glove.
And this i need to wire up this pushbutton switch.
I need to get these wires connected.
Let's do that i guess.
Alright so there's the electrodes connected up.
It's okay to use conductive screws here because these are far enough away.
What's important is to use non-conductive screws in this spot there.
And it will strike the arc right between those points.
Okay i just need to solder this wire, i'm actually going to route it through here, i
made that hole just for that.
Alright and then i'll solder that to the switch carefully and then i can put it all together
and test it.
Alright that's it, all finished and put together, Just need to test it out here.
So that's it...how to build a stun glove...very simple.
Who are you?
I'm Captain Intrigue...I can help you Katie.
So how you feeling?
Better.
Okay good, i'll be outside when you're ready.
Okay.