How-To: Make a piece of translucent concrete

How-To:  Make a piece of translucent concrete
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This tutorial by Instructables user nepheron shows you how to embed ordered optical fibers in cast cement to produce a small lump of concrete that will transmit light. It’s based on Litracon, a commercial architectural material that, I believe, invented the concept. I’ve been considering a very similar “cast your own translucent cinder-block” type tutorial for the Make: Projects series for some time.

12 thoughts on “How-To: Make a piece of translucent concrete

  1. Roberta says:

    how can i make some of this stuff?

  2. Roberta says:

    how can i make some of this stuff?

  3. Roberta says:

    how can i make some of this stuff?

  4. Roberta says:

    how can i make some of this stuff?

  5. Donald Singer says:

    Where did you order the optical fibers? I need to buy some in bulk for a large project.

  6. Marlon says:

    Transulent concrete when developed can be utilized as a safety and
    security measure in archetical designing for 21st century construction Industry

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