TIL: I’ve been an idiot in assuming how plywood is made. The veneers are rotationally shaved not cut cross sections

I’ve always taken plywood for granted and never really thought about it. Its something I don’t frequently use in my shop. I ignorantly assumed the veneers for plywood come from giant trees and occasionally wondered where they sourced trees with at least 4’ trunks.

A random how plywood is made video popped up on YouTube this morning and they showed making the veneers used in plywood by shaving them off 8 foot long trunk sections that are like 6”-12” round.

This makes wayyy more sense. I should have realized this from the wood grains on ply, but again, never sat back and thought bought it. I hope my idiocracy can make you giggle.

Here’s the video if anyone is curious, I’m not affiliated at all with creators: https://youtu.be/3Wh9NYvfStk?si=tGPGQYP4_RW_wQWl