S-mine 35 fuze: S Mi Z 35 

it sounds weird, but the kick starter lever from my Yamaha Banshee ATV also has a similar mechanism inside. a steel BB pushes against a spring, when the kick starter is pivoted either out or in. this way, the lever will not rattle around and keeps it in place, when the kick starter is no longer needed.

Please teach me how to make it, that would be so cool

Fancy meeting you here. Thanks, I am having an issue figuring out the codes on them, I was able to find codes when trying to figure my field binocs out but I can't find a list of the ones on these. My DZ is a "dwx" and apart from seeing pics of others with that marking it appears my search-fu is failing me.

Or pretend one is enjoying what they do rather than sound like they're bored out their tree and waiting to go home

Why would I pretend. I dont get all emotional over crap. Im showing you how the thing works. Im not here for views im here to make a video on how they work. If i wanted to make videos to get lots of views Id make bs vids like " how many bowling balls can this supa awesome 50 cal go through or other idiot friendly videos.

You don't need to be emotional but when your sounding like your about to nod off, it makes the content that much more boring, and if you don't do this for views, then why bother at all

Putting the information online in video format for people looking for information and not for views from people who think it is a magic device that uber kills your enemies in battlefield 5

@@MarkSmith-to7xi Not everyone is addicted to that kind or format or to point scoring, with an attention span shorter than an S mine. These uploads are concise and fully informative. With the poster taking the time to actually reply and help. You want more...... ?

Not yet. Been meaning to make one. Unfortunately not much that can be taken apart on them.

@@Stray03 Dang haha ok. It’s really hard to find any information on them, besides the cutaways of the M16 mine online 😩

Once that screw comes off with the washers the wires should come out easily enough unless there is corrosion and then it is just to dip it in a penetrant and hope they come out in one piece.

4seconds of running like hell........

I'm jealous, I've always wanted to look for that kind of stuff.

Stray03 it is really fun it is a fun but sometimes dangerous i have found a fishhook in the ground but that is really the main fear you can have in this hobby and love the video man

Yeah I have a video of a few things I found metal detecting around an old farm house, Unfortunately not very cool, but dating from 1920s about so it is still interesting.

The prongs are fixed to the piece that moves they are just an extension of that piece. and it is a 14lb fuze.

I have a bunch of videos on different german fuzes too for mines and boobytraps if you go through my videos

@@Stray03 thank you sir.. I will look into them.. What's your opinion did the Nazi reach the moon first? Did Nazi have alien technology?

Never got to thinking about it but I dont think they had the time to improve much on the v2

@@Stray03 do you ever wonder what would happen if we would lost ww2 against Germany?

Couldnt have been worse to europe than the years of the cold war.

Watch your step 🙂

I think these mines are corroded away the last 70 years. You should watch out for glass-mines. There's an old minefield in the Eifel, near Hürtgenwald.

Don't know if you have seen it, but there's videos of intact trench positions and minen fields on youtube. Uploaded by russians btw, so... don't know if we'll be getting many uploads like those in the future.

Back in those days... today we can't even program an proper Corona-App :-(

I have tried everything but have been unsuccessful

I found one of the retaining balls are also stuck. Can you also send me the measurements of the springs as several are shot and need to be replaced.

I let them sit in penetrating oil for a long while then pulled them out carefully.

Stray03 any particular penetrating oil or just use wd40?

A real one. Wd40 is a catch all product originally made to displace water from electrical boxes iirc. I use products designed for loosening bolts or t40 car rust proofing oil. May have some success using an evapo rust type product but I have never used it for that purpose so no clue if it will work.

Mostly it comes in from russia/ex soviet countries / europe, occasionally you find them in north america, but rare.

And can you give me the spring measurements??

They are cci 157 primers. Don't know if anyone makes them anymore. I'll try to get you the sizes of spring when I get home.

About .550 length. About .040 wire diameter. 3 spiral turns and one finishing turn on either side of spring. Outer diameter of spring about .520. .400 is diameter of center piece the spring wraps around.

Stray03 thank you and by chance do you have the dimensions of the striker spring? Have two that are about done.

When I take it apart next time I'll measure

While installing it, not much, if you are not careful they will fall out. Using something like petroleum jelly may help hold them in place until armed though, if you need it.

@@Stray03 Thanks that explais a lot. I was wondering like really how do they just sit in there like a good dog waiting for the plunger haha. Thanks for the quick reply! You got another sub ;)

Thanks for the sub. I have other fuze videos on here along with a few other ones you may find interesting.

@@Stray03 love it! I will definately check them out.

@@stanh4739 they probably had some fixture to hold the spring loaded striker at the correct height so that the rollers don't move out when assembling.

Sometimes ebay, But usually no, there are a couple, but most come from private collectors, selling on forums.

yeah I'm still alive-ish

lol, cool,thats good to hear, i have a couple of these and one of them is missing that little spring on top and the ball bearing where the safety goes in,if that safety has a little round nut of sorts what was the point of having the little spring and ball? one of my fuzes is missing one of the ball bearings that holds the plunger, do you know where i could find one and or what size they might be? Ive seen your other videos,they are awesome, so i had to ask , how did you make new sensor\antennae for your fuze? they look killer!! thank you much for your time!!

To give some positive pressure so that it doesn't fall out or get pulled out before you are ready to pull it out. You could tie a string to these and pull it from a distance to put some distance between you and a mine in case the fuze failed somehow. Having that detent ball keeps you from accidentally pulling the safety pin out just by holding the string as you walk away from the mine. I made the prongs with the stiffening wire from a material duct tube of sorts (the wire was already spring steel so it was stiff and flexible). Was about right so I sanded it down, got the bends about right then for the hell of it put it into homemade parkerizing solution. Turned out nice so I kept it like that.

Cool,i made some the other day from some welding rod or something related to welding our welding guy gave me at my work,its not as stiff as the original but its plenty stiff,it doesn't look half bad, those whiskers look like heck after being outside for years and years, i might mess with something different but for now it looks good,i appreciate your input and i like your videos, i subscribed.

As for finding a new ball and spring, you may be able to use a spring from a disposable lighter or pen and the bearing probably from either those cheap pinball toys the dollar stores used to sell as party favors, or maybe from a bearing (maybe in a harddrive?) Thanks for the sub.Technically if the whiskers work for one use then they did their job, and unless you are planning on using it as some sort of re-enactment mine That will be stepped on they don't have to be spring steel, Glad you found a way to "Complete" the mine does your's work? These things are made so well, sometimes I have a hard time getting around the fact that they were built to be destroyed lol.

I can't be sure but it seems that they are. The factories had equipment (jigs and tools) to help with assembly so I doubt they had as much trouble as me when assembling them.

@@Stray03 Wow, that would seem to be quite the long day at the plant for some German labourer. Thank you for reply.

@publius09 wouldn't be out of the ordinary for unskilled laborer jobs even today. By the time the war started I'm guessing prisoners did the task.

In your Piat 425 piece, you used a 3D printed model for demonstration. I imagine 3D printers could replace machining of parts, thus reducing labor and costs?

For certain parts yes even some can be completely made with 3d printing. Even using stampings made the fuzes easier and cheaper to make. Most of the german fuzes from the 40s are simple compared to the 35 models.

Crimp guard?

@@Stray03 the crip that held the primer in how did u get ur out,

When you knock the primer out then just tap it with a punch to reform or remove it.

@@Stray03 ok thanks for tip

yeah it can be done that way but I don't have a scale that goes that high, Next time I am able to find a bathroom scale I'll get the measurement.

Ask the space program.

They are "extensions" to it. So they provide a surface to step on that allows you to place the mine deeper. Larger surface also so increases chances of stepping on it.

Yeah they are just whiskers/extensions. The spring in the top part under the screw pushes down on a little ball to make sure the safety doesnt fall out until you pull it out.