Hello I'm a newbie to woodturning ---- well not even a newbie more like a wanna-be, because don't even have a lathe yet. Over 30 years of flat woodworking and very interested getting into woodturning. I make a lot of kids toys and my small round work been with hole saws and putting a bolt in center and turning on my drill press to finish. I use mostly ash wood and baltic birch ply for the toys. Some ply disc are 12" dia which I cut on bandsaw and finish on drill press. OK question time -----> Can a baltic birch plywood edge 12" dia and some smaller dia ones be turned down and finished on a lathe --- like cutting off 1/8" to 1/4" to get round and do some sanding to finish. Would the ply glue damage the tool (HSS) edge? Has anyone turned plywood edges before? Should I get a carbide tip tool just for doing this? This is baltic birch (1/2" and 3/4") plywood which is 100% solid ply with no voids (well most of the time none). This is one of the reasons I want to get a lathe and into woodturning is to do round work for toy projects. THANKS
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