Over the holidays I picked up some laminate beam scrap out of a construction scrap pile. I decided to give it a whirl on the spinny thing. Turned fairly easy, though the glue did dull the tools some.
The plater is about 12" diameter. I coated it with dye and then used hard wax stick. The dye rubbed through on some, but I think it kind of looks neat. Anyways, taking something that was heading for the dumb.