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Cardboard Engineering
Source Book


This resource book centres around ten extendable cardboard engineering projects which introduce many mechanisms, from simple cams to crank sliders and swash plates.

Each project comprises fully illustrated clear instructions, pages of all the parts needed to make a complete automation and a page of ideas to extend the project. Simply photocopy the pages onto thin card and you can build your very own automation!

The price includes a license for the purchaser to make unlimited photocopies of the model parts for their own use.

The ten projects are:
Single Cam
Rocking Platform
Multi Cam
Crank Slider
Double Crank Slider
Single Twister
Double Twister
Swash Plate
Snap-Up Cube
Snap-Up Octahedron

The book also includes the following sections:

  • explaining mechanisms
  • the mathematics of mechanisms
  • tips for construction
  • alternative parts to extend the models
  • web links
  • glossary of terms
  • detailed lessons plans
Ten projects, endless possibilities!




Education Starter Pack

Great starter pack for design technology education in schools or after school groups. The pack comprises the Cardboard Engineering Source Book, design poster and three example models to inspire your students.

Cardboard Engineering Source Book
A photocopiable resource book from Flying Pig. The book centres around ten extendable cardboard engineering projects which introduce many mechanisms, from simple cams to crank sliders and swash plates.

Design Poster. Bringing Mechanisms to Life
An A2 size poster (594mm x 420mm) showing ways that cams, crank sliders levers and linkages can be used to bring your models to life.

The poster is fully encapsulated making it strong and hard wearing.

Exercising Fool
An example automata used to demonstrate levers and linkages. The exercising fool uses linkages to to move the body up and down and four bar linkages to raise the arms.

Flying Pig
Pigs can fly! Using a crank slider, levers and four bar linkages, this model can be used to illustrate the power of mechanisms to bring models to life.

Mexican Peck
A row of pecking chickens doing their very own mexican wave is a fine example of the snail cam. This model uses cams, cam followers and push rods.




Cam Bird

NEW! Great classroom sets for teaching mechanical principles. This popout-and-paste paper model helps students see how simple mechanical principles work.

Students build a clever paper model that makes a bird peck by turning a crank. In doing so, they will experience first hand the mechanisms of cams at work. Cams make rotary motions (the turning of a crank) into reciprocating motion (back and forth or up and down). They are used in all sorts of machinery. The most well known of which is the engine of an automobile. A fun and wonderful design and technology project.

The package includes:
  • 15 die cut paper models. Pieces pop out. Requires no scissors or cutting. Fold, glue, (using white school glue) and assemble the parts
  • Suggested for ages 10 to 16. Requires 1 to 2 hours of class time
  • Good project for students to work on together
  • Designed to be coloured in and personalized by students
  • Step by step instructions included
  • Teacher's notes on the mathematics and mechanics of cams included