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  1. 05-19-2016, 11:31 AM #1
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    Transparent Wood

    I wonder if it engraves like cast or extruded acrylic?

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  3. 05-19-2016, 1:10 PM #2
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    It sounds like it might be more epoxy than wood by the time they get done with it.
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    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...
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    Next up....transparent trees. We will literally be able to see the forest through the trees, giving the lie to that old adage.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kev Williams View Post


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    Transparent Aluminum , that was my first thought.
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  8. 05-20-2016, 11:40 AM #7
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    Transparent Aluminium - that will put the fear of god up most air travellers
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    Transparent Aluminium... now a real thing!
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    Very funny, now beam my clothes up Scotty!!!
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