OK, I see where you're at. This is good stuff... you made me see a little wider and think a little deeper than I was doing before, so thanks for that! :thumbsup:
You've got a great idea, the bevel/camber is key, the glass has gotta be locked in permanently. There's a bunch of options... any number of facing router bits would do the job nicely. Maybe one of those triple bead jobs....
If the only burned part of the wood is within the circumference of the hole, then it's all good, it shouldn't matter, as long as the glass isn't so transparent that it magnifies it.
But I'd be interested in seeing how the wood reacts at the surface in terms of the molten glass... it probably wont burn but you might get some discoloring. Maybe refrigerate the wood by blasting it with a CO-2 fire-extinguisher before pouring the glass? I dunno, I'm just guessing.
How do ya sand and buff the glass flush with the surrounding wood? I know it can be done, just never have done it before...
Too bad you're not my neighbor.... right now we'd be some beer-drinkin', wood-routing, molten-glass pouring idiots. :laughing:
Worse case scenario, you're only out a small chunk of wood and "x" amount of glass (and maybe a bit of a mess).
Best case scenario, it's a killer app, Martha Stewart and Oprah both love ya to death, and you sell the idea to Google for about 600 million bux. :laughing:
Seriously though... we ain't gonna find out 'til you try it.
But I gotta ask...I'm assuming you have the capability to melt glass, yes? What exactly is required to do so? Something tells me it costs a boatload, but your idea has thrown all my ideas into a new dimension. This could be some cool stuff...
I'd volunteer to help in a second, but I'm a little short when it comes to the molten glass thing...
(note to self... cripes, now I gotta learn how to melt glass and buy the gear to do it.. LOL)
Dude, I think you're on the right path, try it and see where it takes you. Good luck, and let me know how it works!