OT: Transparent Wood

[swarfrat]

Posting in OT instead of general because I don't believe this is scalable to neck sized wood. But we can dream:

https://www.instructables.com/id/Transparent-Wood/

 

[AirCap]

Sounds novel, but kinda takes the fun out of looking at wood.

 

[Cagey]

Probably ends up pretty heavy, too.

 

[swarfrat]

Yeah, I didn't watch the video, but replacing half of the wood chemicals with acrylic/epoxy/whatever ... is gonna be heavy for sure.

 

[Verne Bunsen]

While it may be a novelty now, it brings us one step closer to Transparent Aluminum, which everybody knows is required when transporting whales through time on a starship. So theres that.

 

[swarfrat]

Transparent Aluminum is old hat:
https://makezine.com/2012/01/17/transparent-aluminum/
https://screenrant.com/star-trek-transparent-aluminum-real/
https://science.howstuffworks.com/transparent-aluminum-armor.htm

 

[Cagey]

The problem with both transparent wood and aluminum is they don't hold paint well, which makes them difficult to see.

 

[AirCap]

Not to mention, but epoxy is NOT tone....

 

[Verne Bunsen]

The problem with both transparent wood and aluminum is they don't hold paint well, which makes them difficult to see.

Wonder Woman’s jet is a “clear” example. Eh? Eh?

 

[Cagey]

Oh, stop! My sides!

 

[ByteFrenzy]

Push this through to its logical conclusion and you wind up with an air guitar. So what's all the fuss about?

 

[spe111]

You can get a clear guitar if you want one badly.

 

[swarfrat]

Kidding aside, this is cool because the wood is still the  primary structure. Yet it retains some wood marking.

 

[Rick]

Could be a nice pickguard.

 

[DarkPenguin]

Make a fretboard from it. Then you can see the exact moment you #^(% your truss rod.

 

[bagman67]

A more complete and articulately expressed exploration of this concept:
[youtube]x1H-323d838[/youtube]


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