Part one of the epic adventure that is… Building The Coilgun!

The disassembly

The 27 exposure “Perfect Pics” camera

Ok, so now you have to get to the guts of the camera by taking it apart.

First remove the cardboard wrapper.

Be sure to read all warning labels carefully… Then laugh at them.

To open the back of the case you have to push in all these tabs around the camera at once, and then pull. (I used a small flathead screwdriver to pry them open)

Once the back of the camera is removed you can see the film. Remove it.

Also remove the battery.

With the battery and film removed you can now unscrew the front of the camera using a small Phillips screwdriver.

You can now remove the circuit board from the camera. (front view of circuit^^)

Back view of circuit.

Now we have to “harvest” the capacitor. This is done be desoldering the two points indicated.

Straighten out the capacitor leads using needle nosed pliers and you’re the disassembly .

Repeat this process for all the cameras and you’ll end up with all this. Its a pretty damn good components source for a dollar.

Oh ya… You’ll also end up with this big ass pile of garbage.