Wondering about the binder, Methyl methacrylate. It seems petrochemicals are involved.
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PMMA, poly methyl methacrylate is Plexiglass.
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No, it is real, not April fools.
oh man! that is pretty awesome. i can imagine all the crazy things that can be made with it.
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So does auto-focus work on transparent objects?
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One of the reasons the material we sell has paper on it. 
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New info on transparent wood.
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Very interesting article! Thanks for posting it @volivaa. I wonder how well it would take up dye after the lignin is removed? Maybe, just coloring the epoxy could make an interesting stained âglassâ alternative⌠one more incentive to buying a vacuum pot.
A short video overview, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI2LrbVmryA&spfreload=10
Another DIY video overview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uH628dpa5k
And of course the instructable: http://www.instructables.com/id/Transparent-Wood/
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I think I am going to review and revive some of my ballistic armor research. Some of the spider silk/polymer combinations, when dissolved, might penetrate into this wood. Three other ideas occur to me. First, I wonder if this wood, when impregnated with the appropriate ions, could be used to make the resonant chamber of a wood based laser. Second, I wonder if the process I employed and discussed earlier in the forum to make artificial rubies and emeralds (Folded stone art by Jose Manuel Castro Lopez ) , could be incorporated with this wood to make gem encrusted transparent wood or solid ruby/emerald glass wood. Finally, this wood might be soaked and take up a wide variety on nano materials to construct all kinds of materials with exotic properties such as liquid crystalline display materials, variable focus lenses, magnetic wood, etc, etc.
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You dream big friendâŚ
keep it up! 
I was thinking, that I might try to find some way to incorporate the âtranswoodâ into some turnings 
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The problem with this idea is it takes at least 5 years to get any results.
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