3d printing technology is growing at a fleeting speed and how great this technology is we all know. This phenomenal technological advancement has its roots in every industry. Not only architectural, medical, automotive or construction, but every industry is leveraging its potential to the highest peak to create something amazing and breathtaking.

We have already seen the wonder of the artificial 3d printed human body part which saved a life. And apart from these miracles, people have invented so many things using this amazing 3d technology.

A man whose name is Lance Abernethy, maintenance engineer by profession from Auckland has built the world's smallest fully working mechanical drill by using the amazing 3d printing services available to him. He used the Ultimaker 2 3D printer to make this unimaginable thing come true through his hard work.

In an interview, he shared his idea philosophy behind creating the world's smallest 3d printed object. As a maintenance engineer from a mechanical background, he always wanted to craft and manufacture something which is extreme and beyond the limit.

For creating this drill, he took help of OnShape 3d package of CAD (Computer Aided Designing software) and for reference, he first made a print of a normal dimension drill. Once he had the idea about how to build a fully mechanical drill, he tried to shrink the design as smallest as possible.

Using a 0.25mm nozzle of the 3d printer and with a 0.04mm layer height, he begins very slowly, and in step by step process, the reason for this is obvious, one small mistake and all finished in just a couple of seconds. That's why he proceeded in a slow-paced manufacturing process which led him to the ultimate success.

The manufacturing process took place in a set of 3 piece development, and it took around 25 minutes to get the complete print out of the drill. The drill parts consist of two tiny halves of the drill body and a 3D printed drill's button which is pressed to supply power to the motor shaft.

What were the things which make this wonder possible in reality

1. Lance first figured out, the parts of the real drill and created a full-size drill using a 3d printer.
2. Lance created a blueprint of all the parts and eliminated the parts which were not important for creating a drill.
3. Started the printing process slowly and steadily to create the drill cover body.
4. Finally, he implanted the working motor shaft inside the body of drill and a battery to power the shaft.

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