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Robots in my garage doing woodwork would be nice. They'd be auto-orchestrated by all the spywares and spydevices already in place - and who knowns more about me and my ideas than me. And I don't have to learn anything.

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If you like sawing wood and gluing it together, just keep doing that.

If you want a wooden dresser, buy one.

Nobody does woodworking because it's necessary.

You could say the same about software; clearly it's missing the same 'ease and cheapness of creating the bespoke idea you have'.

> Nobody does woodworking because it's necessary.

I don’t understand this, can you explain or am I missing something?

Do it if it's your thing. I fletch arrows I might never shoot or will not fly right. Just an itch to scratch.

I probably didn't phrase that well. I meant that garage woodworking is not necessary, in an economic sense. It's an optional/leisure activity.

And people still do it anyway. Which is great. Because it's still useful, and valuable. Just not necessary.

But I love the smell of freshly carved wood, you would miss out on that.

You can buy cedar-scented air fresheners on Amazon. Isn't buying a wooden dresser and an air freshener enough to rekindle the love of your calling? Look, the sides of the dresser are CNC-milled to a level of perfection you could never achieve at home.

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