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MineralMan

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33. The samples shown were 1mm thick.

Reply to dogknob (Original post)

Wed Feb 10, 2021, 10:14 AM

Feb 2021

While that's interesting, it's not particularly useful, I think. I'm pretty sure this will not produce transparent wood in typical lumber thicknesses, starting at 3/4", which is about 19 mm. Translucent, perhaps, but far from transparent. Further, getting epoxy or other resin to fully penetrate wood of that thickness won't be easy or cheap.

1mm thick wood doesn't have a lot of uses, I'm afraid, and the difficulty with thicker materials seems to make this technology next to useless.

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