Transparent Wood

[Steve Clarkson]

I wonder if it engraves like cast or extruded acrylic?

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2016/05/16/transparent-wood-is-a-surprisingly-versatile-material/#.Vz3bYfkrLIV

[Ian Johnson]

It sounds like it might be more epoxy than wood by the time they get done with it.

[Kev Williams]

soak it for 2 hours in Lye and "other chemicals", which I'd probably rather not know what they are, then add epoxy--

A gallon of lye at HD is about $18, and epoxy isn't cheap... to create 'stronger than glass and doesn't shatter on impact' wood...

Sounds like a very hazardous and expensive to make version of polycarbonate...

[David Somers]

Next up....transparent trees. We will literally be able to see the forest through the trees, giving the lie to that old adage.

[Kev Williams]

:)

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[Joe De Medeiros]

:)

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Transparent Aluminum , that was my first thought.

[Steve Morris]

Transparent Aluminium - that will put the fear of god up most air travellers :D

[Tristan Ranatza]

Transparent Aluminium... now a real thing!
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[Bert Kemp]

beam me up scotty



:)

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[Kim Vellore]

Very funny, now beam my clothes up Scotty!!!

beam me up scotty