Attempting to make transparent wood

A few months ago, I saw a video made by AvE where he tried to make transparent wood. After seeing it, I was really interested in trying it out for myself, and well, I did. This is probably the longest video that I've ever posted on my channel, but I wanted it to be as complete as possible!

This video was originally released on Patreon on Nov. 10, before I left to Japan for vacation. I will be back on the 23rd though!

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[nisargpatel]

this is why its important to highlight all of your steps and procedures when writing a paper. When others try to replicate your procedure, they wont be as lost as this.

[westernclimber]

You can tell he's a brilliant chemist by the way he used the table saw.

[Kaos]

My high school woodshop instructor: Never cut against the grain!
NileRed: I'm cutting against the grain with just my right hand

[zache.]

This man just does not stop. It's one of the most impressive things about his videos to me. He could stop at almost perfect but nearly always he is willing to redo the entire experiment until he is satisfied. The determination to succeed as best he can and go the extra mile is just inspiring.

[MsSilentH]

Honestly, as someone who isn't at all knowledgeable about science and chemistry, I still loved how long this video was, because it showed all of your testing, "failures", and tweaks to each attempt, and it was really interesting to watch. You also explain things very well on top of that. And I have to say most of the attempts just looked really cool anyways!

[Cetchupboys]

27:20 "In the end I kinda just said 'screw it' and poured in a bunch of bleach"

Mood

[UOUOssas]

"I'm really interested in making some paper."
Feeling you.

[Skibbi]

NileRed: *does something*
NileRed: which was probably a mistake

[Uncbennn]

I’m never going to make transparent wood in my life and I’m about sure I’ll never need to know how to make it. But here I am, at 1AM watching all 35 min & 49 sec of a video on how to

[jhh-jiynks]

its so rare to hear others of how they have made mistakes.
love your honesty and show hiw to improve through learning

[crazyasian]

My shop teacher just had a sudden pain in his heart when he saw the table saw usage.

[steviebob]

Next goal: Make a transparent wood magnifying glass to focus sunlight though to catch other wood on fire.

[Solanuma]

you just discovered a market for artificial nails made from transparent wood

[ergile]

"Listen kid, I'm a Chemist, not a Carpenter"

[random-b-i]

I love how he didn't give up in his videos and keeps learning from his mistakes

[AnBarbarossa]

Making transparent wood:
- So you basically have to throw a lot of chemicals on a piece of wood until it dissolves and you put epoxy on it, and you end up with a piece of transparent epoxy where once there was wood.

[rightclicker]

A thirty-five minute video, christmas is early this year.

[verwrked.Art]

"In the end I kinda just said screw it"
Accidentally makes chloroform

[mizzyly]

How he makes his errors sound like they're on purpose is godly

[-Archant]

"So, what are you gonna make for your school project?"
*"Transparent Wood."*