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> and can't support any weight. Take a textbook and drive your car over it. Hell, park your car on it. Paper does pretty well under compression.
by JackFr 5y ago
> and can't support any weight.
Take a textbook and drive your car over it. Hell, park your car on it.
Paper does pretty well under compression.
- mc32 5y agoOddly, rather than using a spiral roll of paper they used disks. Would the disk construction impart better "shock absorption" than a roll?
- throwaway0a5e 5y agoDisk would be stronger because the glue joints would be under less load. It's a similar principal to the difference between a wheel made from a sheet of plywood vs a wheel made from comparable thickness disc of tree trunk.