made a replica eames ltr side table today for under 10$  

Nice
What kind of plywood did you use?

Its a 3/4 birch plywood with...
It a 3/4 birch plywood with cherry veneer. There was a 16in x14 inch peice in the trash in the shop which was perfect for this
But I do have some real Herman miller veneer that I might just use. THats what I will be using when I re veneer a DCM that I bought for 50$ that had been drilled out. I am gonna post a write up for that

That's pretty neat.
Maybe try experimenting with abstractions instead of replications though?

I have my own stuff I do. Thi...
I have my own stuff and designs i cadd and make.I am a recent graduate of industrial and furniture design. This was mostly a test peice as I want a surfboard ellipcal table and was practicing making the base

If you want a surfboard table so bad...
Perhaps you should just buy one?
I don't care that the patent has expired. What you're doing is disingenuous. As if there aren't enough pillocks manufacturing knockoffs already...

I am not making them to...
I am not making them to sell. Just personal use. And not everyone can afford a 800$ coffee table. Or a bite size side table for 200$. I dont see how this is dishonest.

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I agree with Lunchbox in a way, but also see the benefit in making copies, fence sitting, its so comfy.
The shape of these acoustic wotsits struck me years ago as something worth looking into for large low tables.
Concert hall in Caracas, I think.

That's the point, Heath...
Why replicate a design? Why not make your own? I enjoy DIY now and then. And it's not lost on me how easy some furniture is to construct. But how about a bit of creativity rather than hacking someone else's idea?
There are designs which are out of my reach, both fiscally and practically. I'm not gonna cry about it though. Or rip them off...

Why replicate a design? Beca...
Why replicate a design? Because you can, because you want to, because you might learn a lot by doing so, because it might make you a better designer. And it is now part of the public domain and is cultural heritage.
And it is represented as a replica, so I am failing to see the case for disingenuousness. It isn't even for sale.

Agreed.
Too harsh on the criticism. By the same token, you should also rip into Wegner for his Chinese and Windsor chairs, or Mogensen for his Shaker table. Much can be learned from re-constructing good designs.

Art Student
I see this no differently than an art student taking their easel into a famous art gallery and trying to reproduce a work that hangs on the wall.
I would also like to suggest that the process of creating this table can draw him closer to the original design. For him, creating the table may have given him more of an appreciation for what it takes to build this pieces.
I don't know about you all, but I take great pride in the things I build. I respect and take care of my pieces more often than the pieces I buy new.

I can't afford a Honus Wagner baseball card...
Perhaps I'll fabricate one...

Much can be learned just from...
Much can be learned just from disassembling good designs, which is minor compared to building the design. Danish knock-down furniture is a fascinating puzzle because it is designed to fit together in pieces in a very compact space. I am sure it is also designed to optimize raw materials. This is certainly true of upholstery fabric. If you arrange the pieces just right they fit on an amazingly small length of fabric.

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Sure is a lot to learn, and often the simple looking things aren't so simple, scribing blade on a panel saw, downcut spiral bits for routing plywood etc, more technical than aesthetic but they're complimentary aspects.
OP, do yo have cnc at your work? I'm pretty sure there are free cad programs that will allow you to do NURBS curves if you don't have autocad there.
Maybe some veneered board with rounded over black plastic edging? It sounds cheap and nasty but can look good and be more robust than a veneered edge.