[BY DESIGN] Handiness Skill/Woodworking table
When my sim reached level 8 Handiness skill, the notification said she would be able to now craft instruments at the woodworking table, but the option is not there. She's been able to craft the higher level unlocks though.
Never any mods, no cc, Digital version, on Win 7.
ETA: Also, it seems the furniture that I can make at the woodworking table doesn't have the proper wood textures. It just looks like regular furniture out of the catalog and not the crafted stuff from pics and trailers.
When you say they look like items out of regular buy mode, are you referring to their shape or their actual colours and textures?
As far as I am aware your Sim will only create the "rustic" looking items at low skill level. Once they get better they create higher quality objects that look more professional.
If you enable buydebug then you will see that there are two versions of all functional woodwork objects; a "rustic" version and a professional version.
I must admit though that I have not yet had a Sim use the crafting bench and so I can only go on information gained from other sources and the objects in debug.