I have gotten the crafting table, the recipe, and the reagents for the first crafting assignment. I have set up the table in my dorm room. I hit "x" to interact with it.
When I hit the "create" button on the crafting page, I am told there is an error and that all crafting slots are busy. Then I jump to my character page and see no timers, as the help guided indicate I should. This makes me question whether I got the crafting slot from Edora and not just the crafting table.
Side note to the development team: My initial reaction to this being mandatory was a bad idea. The hunt for harvestable reagents was tedious and isn't how I wnat to spend my gaming time. Being restricted as to which treasure cards we can make and not being able to buy them is also disappointing. Maybe I'll come around. We'll see.