I am driving myself crazy trying to remember this. There was a show, I think on DIY, that was called "Modern Masters" or something similar (I am pretty sure "Masters" is wrong) and I think that is where I saw it. Anyone remnember the actual name - I waant to see if I can dig it up. The guy also had a very cool tool for sculpting furniture. It was a sander that was like a rolling pin on the end of a heavy duty flex shaft. Serious respiratory equipment required.
Anyway, I noticed the other day when making a cheesy little steady rest (it works for what I wann do with it) that the little panel of ply wood I had picked up at one of the big box stores actually looks pretty good on the edges (try not to laugh at the cobbled together rest):
I cut it with a decent scroll saw blade just because I was too lazy to get my little 9" band saw down and set it up. I was surprised at how nice the edge looks.