The power behind My N Mi, a hobbyist YouTube channel for “technical experiments”, claims to have constructed the smallest and lightest 3D printer on the planet.

At 18 x 31 x 41mm (0.7 x 1.2 x 1.6 inches), coming in as about as tall as a matchstick and as vast as an SD card adapter (per My N Mi’s personal comparisons), and weighing simply 17g (0.03 kilos), this isn’t simply bluster. 

Displaying off the construct in a video (opens in new tab) (through Tom’s {Hardware} (opens in new tab)), there are some drawbacks to the construct on account of its dimension. My N Mi notes that the challenge has a most construct quantity of 11 x 11 x 17 mm (0.Four x 0.Four x 0.66 inches).

Compact 3D printers

Regardless of the smaller scale, this printer works like another. A motor strikes a construct plate as a well-obscured LED imprints gentle on resin materials saved in a tank.

My N Mi managed to print a small (and admittedly very detailed) robotic figurine with their printer, however for all its compactness, you wouldn’t be printing an ideal cope with a machine like this in follow.

Whereas it’s true that 3D printers are slowly however certainly being dragged into the mainstream, even the Unique Prusa MINI+, a 3D printer TechRadar Professional recommends for being compact and light-weight, is available in at 33 x 33 x 38 cm (13 x 13 x 15 inches), and weighs 4.5kg (10 kilos).

So, even in case you may discover an ongoing use for a tool like this it’s price noting that you simply’ll most likely have to attend a protracted whereas earlier than 3D printers of this dimension turn out to be broadly commercially obtainable.

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