The Story of the Littlest Drill

Devin Coldewey

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Thursday, June 18th, 2009

Not much of a story, really. Once upon a time, a guy thought, “Couldn’t a ‘pager motor’ power a tiny drill?” And it could. The End.

smallest-drill-ever

Yes, it’s functional, although I think its applications are limited to drilling holes in pieces of tissue paper. I do like the little noise it makes, though.

From Flickr user S8′s photostream.

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