The Titanic Table A History of the Titanic in 30 Pieces

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This could have been at the bottom of the sea

and it didn't make it onto the ship in time.

Gilbert Logan, who worked on the Titanic as an apprentice,

was commissioned to manufacture the table. 70 years later,

I was asked to come out to the Harbour Commissioner's office

to replicate this table

as a one-off piece for a client

and I thought, "Now, what have I got myself into?"

It was actually quite frightening.

We had to manufacture it the way it was manufactured in 1912,

with hand tools,

and you start to take leaves out of it and wind the mechanism in

and you're out by 5 mm,

you're tearing your hair out.

This all made me realise

that it was probably Gilbert Logan's patience as a craftsman

that saved this table from going down with the Titanic.