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A Hacker News 'Ask HN' post from a hobbyist woodworker who currently uses Shapr3d to manually design projects asks whether large language models can speed up 3D modeling for woodworking. The poster is soliciting recommendations from the community for AI tools or workflows suited to this use case.
This is a personal essay describing the author's woodworking journey, including a past GCSE project failure and a recent DIY dog gate built with a partner named Jenny. It details tools purchased, such as a Black & Decker workmate and materials from Screwfix and Sydenhams, and the process of building a gate for their stairs to contain their dog Fern.
A self-taught maker spent eight months of spare time designing and constructing a wall lamp using laser-cut Plexiglas, LED strips, and wood paneling, despite having no prior woodworking or LED experience. The project began as an ambitious idea for a living-room art piece but was scaled back to a simpler bedroom lamp using beech wood to match existing furniture, intended as practice for a future, more elaborate build.