Cardboard machines

I'm looking at a book entitled "Gear Up!", by Keith Good, published by
Lerner Publications. It's aimed at kids and shows them how to build
functioning machines using mostly cardboard. For example, the belt
of a conveyor belt is made of cardboard. It looks like a lot of fun
but I'm finding it hard to believe that the nice looking stuff they
show in the pictures won't fall apart the first or second time one
uses it, or that it will work at all. I'm particularly skeptical in
the case of gear mechanisms.

Anyway, I'd like to know whether anyone has tried this stuff and whether
they have enough positive experiences with cardboard to be more optimistic
about the projects depicted in this nice book.
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Ignorantly,
Allan Adler
* Disclaimer: I am a guest and *not* a member of the MIT CSAIL. My actions and
* comments do not reflect in any way on MIT. Also, I am nowhere near Boston.

Allan Adler writes:

I'm looking at a book entitled "Gear Up!", by Keith Good, published by
Lerner Publications. It's aimed at kids and shows them how to build
functioning machines using mostly cardboard. For example, the belt
of a conveyor belt is made of cardboard. It looks like a lot of fun
but I'm finding it hard to believe that the nice looking stuff they
show in the pictures won't fall apart the first or second time one
uses it, or that it will work at all. I'm particularly skeptical in
the case of gear mechanisms.

Anyway, I'd like to know whether anyone has tried this stuff and whether
they have enough positive experiences with cardboard to be more optimistic
about the projects depicted in this nice book.

I haven't gotten any replies to this question. If someone can suggest a
more appropriate newsgroup for it, please let me know. Thanks.
--
Ignorantly,
Allan Adler
* Disclaimer: I am a guest and *not* a member of the MIT CSAIL. My actions and
* comments do not reflect in any way on MIT. Also, I am nowhere near Boston.

Allan Adler writes:

I haven't gotten any replies to this question. If someone can suggest a
more appropriate newsgroup for it, please let me know. Thanks.

It seems to be rec.arts.anime.misc.
--
Ignorantly,
Allan Adler
* Disclaimer: I am a guest and *not* a member of the MIT CSAIL. My actions and
* comments do not reflect in any way on MIT. Also, I am nowhere near Boston.