Ideas on Lifting Tables for Booth Display

Jewelry Discussion
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Hello all -

First let me thank you all for your ideas. Yes, the legs do end in a
U on the ground end not the table end. (So much for my technical
writing abilities!)

Just slipping a sleeve over the legs would not work unless I cut the
bottom of the U off. Please note, I did actually consider this but,
because of the way the legs are braced, decided it would make the
tables much less stable.

So I tried this and it seems to have worked. For each table I bought
20 feet of 1.25inch PVC pipe ( I live in the USA, so feet, inches,
etc) and eight 1.25 inch T connectors for same.

I cut one PVC pipe into two 5 foot lengths and the other into two
25.5 inch lengths and four 6 inch lengths.

Using my table saw I removed a 1 inch by 25.5 inch section from each
of the 25.5 inch tubes. I also cut a 1 inch L-shaped slot into four
of the T connectors using a hacksaw.

Using PVC cement, I glued a slotted T connector to each end of the
slotted 25.5 inch tube. This produced a sort of elongated H-shaped
apparatus that was slotted on the top edges of the H.

I repeated this for the other slotted 25.5 inch tube.

I attatched the 4, 6inch tubes to the (unslotted) bottom end of each
of the slotted t-connectors. Now I have a sort of elongated H whose
vertical arms are of unequal length.

I placed the remaining T connectors on the bottom of each 6 inch
tube and rotated them so that the horizontal section was at right
angles to the slotted section previously discussed.

Finally, I hooked the 5foot sections into remaining slot on the T
connectors to form an approximately 5footX25.5 inchX 13inch (high)
rectangle that looks a little like a bed frame but disassembles for
transport.

When fully opened and locked into place, the table legs fit into the
slots in the PVC tubing and the table is raised up to about 4 ft.

Having written this, my sincerest thanks to everyone on this list
who has taken the time to try to convey technical in
words.

Finally, yes Pat, I am feeling guilty about excluding people in
wheelchairs.

Debby

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Did the original poster say she had tables with U-shaped legs? In
which case, the 47 emails saying to slide something tubular over
them will not be much help!

Are they shaped like an upside-down U or right-side up? I assumed an
upside-down U… One big U makes 2 legs…?

Connie

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What would be a good solution? Having one section that is lower?

That might be a good idea, however i know how limited your space is
at shows, and how important table space is when setting up,
especially indoors, when you don’t have much choice, and your table
set up has to be a solid front set up. longest run on sentence i’ve
done in a while.

i didn’t mean to cause anyone guilt with my comments, i was just
feeling frustrated cause more and more are going to the elevated
table. i did see one regular table, that was set up with shelves, so
it was half regular, and then went up for the rest of the goodies. it
was secured to the table, didn’t go all the way across, only about
half, and it looked distinctive…

pat