How to make a MDF Laser Tagger

Go about getting your design, I use 'Flicker' Pimp my Gun site' for ideas for my tagger designs, hundreds of types of weapons to choose from.

To save yourself a lot of drawing, print of the design you like using your printer settings. 'Poster mode' use 4-6 page setting, print off, cut out and tape together.
Video how to make

Top Tip!! If the size feels right, cut out design on 6mm MDF first or cheap hardboad and see how it feels before you cut out the thicker MDF.

Screw to two pieces of MDF boarding together, 18mm and 12mm, think about were you are going to put the screws, don’t want to put them were your going to add other layers of MDF.

Draw up the main line of the tagger, and think how thick each bit will have to be, build them up the layers of 6-9mm MDF, glue then onto the other layers.

Now using a dremel type drill sand away till you get the shape you want, don’t rush this, pick the tagger up and see how it feels.
Now think about how much detail you need to make tagger look the part.

Remember to wear all the safety equipment when working with MDF and Fibreglass (Mask /Gloves Eye Protection etc)


Medic Box

Bought a couple of MilesTag Medic Boxes, but the youngsters were not impressed by them so I re-housed them in one of those boxes from Maplin added small rubber aerial from a old broken walkie Talkie for show, then did a few graphics.

Red Dot Scope

Thought this might help someone, using a way to wire the sights, removed the battery, do a test to find out what was the positive(use a double a size battery with two wires taped attached to the +-) this way you won't blow the scope led, remove the spring bit that hold the battery in place on the lid drilled a small hole and feed the wires to the tagger, attached a 100w resistor to the positive wire and soldered the wires to the sight.

The wires are then piggy backed on to the + - wires on the mainboard.

Save you a fortune in batteries