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Mechanical Watch: Exploded View

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1168 points fellerts | 1 comments | 22 Jun 25 14:56 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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ziofill ◴[22 Jun 25 18:15 UTC] No.44349033[source]▶
I’m sure you have though about it already, but if you had a way to modify the refractive index of the resin, you could make the fishing lines disappear completely.
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fellerts ◴[22 Jun 25 18:33 UTC] No.44349189[source]▶
I never gave that any serious thought. What additives would do that, do you think?

Edit: A quick search reveals that there is quite a lot of prior art from the optical community. Darn, maybe I'm not done here.

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1. PicassoCTs ◴[23 Jun 25 11:38 UTC] No.44354678[source]▶
Add a polarization filter coating to the epoxy? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_filter#Polarizer

Also, if the plastic can be "invisible", you can also house it in invisible plastic- thus creating, a exploded working model, inside the resin