Mine Kafon - land mine detonator by Massoud Hassani
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Published on January 4, 2013
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This morning I decided to check in on the current Kickstarter campaigns and featured as the project of the day was a mine detonator design called the Mine Kafon by Massoud Hassani. I was moved by Massouds vision for the project and general demeanor, and decided to design a 3D printed small model of the Mine Kafon, so here it is.
Short video: youtube.com/watch?v=_wE0XmCH5-E&feature=youtu.be
The main motivation is just to raise a little awareness of his project, which is to design a device to passively detonate hidden land mines and record their locations, so if you're interested go check out his campaign here:
kickstarter.com/projects/massoudhassani/mine-kafon?ref=home_spotlight
The model doesn't look exactly like his design and probably only has around half the number of feet (32 total). I think it turned out to be a fun little toy to play with and a pleasure to look at, hope you enjoy it too.
Short video: youtube.com/watch?v=_wE0XmCH5-E&feature=youtu.be
The main motivation is just to raise a little awareness of his project, which is to design a device to passively detonate hidden land mines and record their locations, so if you're interested go check out his campaign here:
kickstarter.com/projects/massoudhassani/mine-kafon?ref=home_spotlight
The model doesn't look exactly like his design and probably only has around half the number of feet (32 total). I think it turned out to be a fun little toy to play with and a pleasure to look at, hope you enjoy it too.
Instructions
Print quantity 1 of the Icosahedron parts and 32 of the Feet. Clean out the holes of the Icosahedron with a 1/16th inch drill (or 1.5mm or so). Get 32 toothpicks (the round ones, should be about 2mm diameter) and insert each into a foot with a dab of glue on the end, let dry, then insert the other ends of the toothpicks into the Icosahedron holes also with a dab of glue each. Depending on the fit of the toothpicks in the Icosahedron holes you may need to glue about 12 of the feet in at a time, let dry and then flip the Icosahedron so that the next 12 or so feet can be attached.
There are 2 options for the foot sizes - 30mm and 24mm. The 30mm's look a little better I think and the 24mm's roll better.
Both the 'FootPlate" STL's are for 100mm square build areas.
There are 2 options for the foot sizes - 30mm and 24mm. The 30mm's look a little better I think and the 24mm's roll better.
Both the 'FootPlate" STL's are for 100mm square build areas.
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Mine Kafon - land mine detonator by Massoud Hassani by EricYoung is licensed under the Attribution - Share Alike - Creative Commons license.
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The mine kafon is an awesome project.
But now with that small version I'm tempted to make tiny toy mines out of rubber bands or something. I want to try it! :)
If you printed it as a shell, I wonder if it would be light enough to be moved by the wind...
I think so too. To me it seems the notion of a passive wind powered device would go better with a detector (instead of a detonator) and location recorder, since setting the mines off reliably requires some heft (from the little I've learned about it). One way or another I think the design has some very interesting aspects and I hope he is able to continue its development.
Some little spring-loaded mines would be super sweet! Maybe some little flaps to fit over the legs for a wind powered version?