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Mark Ross
10-06-2015, 11:56 AM
http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20151006-lexus-builds-a-drivable-paper-sedan
Bruce Clumpner
10-07-2015, 3:55 PM
erg! Right-hand drive... Won't work here. shucks
Lee DeRaud
10-07-2015, 4:50 PM
erg! Right-hand drive... Won't work here. shucksNo problem, just flip over every piece, like you were putting something from Ikea together... :p :eek:
Kev Williams
10-07-2015, 5:02 PM
Some people have waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyy too much free time...
Gary Hair
10-07-2015, 6:45 PM
What I found interesting is that it only has 1700 pieces - I think they might have gotten that wrong...
Lee DeRaud
10-07-2015, 7:27 PM
What I found interesting is that it only has 1700 pieces - I think they might have gotten that wrong...It doesn't sound unreasonable. Even with 1/4" slices (it looks more like 3/8" in the photos), the main structure would only take about half of that, figuring each cross-section is a single piece.
(Another possibility is that they meant 1700 sheets of cardboard. I have no idea what is a standard size for 'raw' cardboard...4'x8'?)
Kev Williams
10-09-2015, 1:31 AM
I went to the page in the link above to show the wife some pics of the thing--

Pics are gone (?) but now there's a video that shows how they made it, pretty interesting...