Well it looks like I am not alone , I have never found a turning job I could not do with standard tool / traditional tools
Maybe you just don’t turn very much?
A while back I turned some items from plywood for a club competition. It seems it was a rather tiresome exercise for those members that attempted the challenge using HSS tools. For those of us though that used carbide it was a relatively easy task.
Some time ago one of my Ten Pin bowling balls cracked obviously making it unusable. After some thought I turned a rather nice and unique bowl from part of it. All using carbide tools as the plastic was rather abrasive.
My home made sphere jig also wouldn’t work without a carbide insert.