[Shane] made a project that speaks directly to our heart — combining laser cutting, cardboard, and gears. How could it be any better? Well, it could do anything. But that’s quibbling. It’s fun enough ...

The use of plastic gears is limited, largely because it takes special expertise to design them properly. Too, many engineers deal with gears so infrequently, The use of plastic gears is limited, ...

Gleason Corp., a specialist in cutting tools and metalworking machinery to produce metal gears, is moving into plastic gear production by purchasing K2 Plastics Inc. of Bergen, N.Y. Bergen is near ...

If you need an example of something that is unequivocally bad for the environment, here’s a suggestion: plastic water bottles. One million are sold each minute across the world, and though they’re ...

Dan McPharlin does beautiful miniature cardboard models of old audio gear. Dan McPharlin actually sells these completely useless but absolutely amazing pieces of paper to other people starting at $60 ...

The humble cardboard box is one of the most commonly manufactured materials in the world, though it's mostly used for packing ...

Lunenburg Public Library’s 2008 Great (Cardboard) Boat Race will be held at 5 p.m. Saturday, July 26, at the town beach at Lake Whalom. Rain date is Monday, July 28. The challenge is to design and ...