Our mini picnic table is finished
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381802)
Rockingham, Australia
January 30, 2021 5:04pm CST
It seems I had most of you scratching your heads with my last post and our latest project. Fiacre@xFiacre thought it looked some sort of communal toilet seat; @Eva James (@wolfgirl569) and DianneN (@DianneN) thought the holes were to hold glasses but Anna (@LadyDuck) was spot on with saying it’s to hold wine glasses and appetisers.
When we go to an outdoor concert or even an indoor one like we did last night, there is nowhere to put our wine glasses and nibbles. Wine glasses don’t sit very stably (is that a word?) on grass. This little table solves that problem. There are four slots to hold wine glasses and enough room on the table for small items.
It’s a prototype and we only finished it about an hour before we had to leave. It’s not quite finished. It will have a webbing ‘handle’ on the end which is also support a wine bottle. The legs have magnets to hold the legs vertically and more magnets to hold the legs in place when they were folded under. The white piece is a magnet but we think we can do something a bit more unobtrusive.
Our friend had one at a concert we attended a few weeks ago and since then I’ve seen them in a local shop and online. I hope you enjoyed the little mystery.
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@Tina30219 (82978)
• Onaway, Michigan
31 Jan 21
That is very nice and a good idea I am sure you will get many uses out of it
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@wolfgirl569 (135583)
• Marion, Ohio
31 Jan 21
It looks very useful. I am sure you will think of nice improvements
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
30 Jan 21
Well I never look at you two Judy!! I tell you I never tire of your inventions
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
31 Mar 21
@JudyEv 'lways a few kinks to work out, but i'm confident y'all'll get'er figured :)
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
30 Jan 21
That is such a wonderful and convenient little table! If I'd seen it before, my first guess would have been a tv table, to sit over a person's lap. We had two of them, but nothing as nice as this one! Ours were metal with two legs that folded underneath for storage.
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@JudyEv (381802)
• Rockingham, Australia
31 Jan 21
@kobesbuddy I know you can buy them with short legs. I don't know that we'd use them although they wouldn't be much different to the stable tables we have now.
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
31 Jan 21
@JudyEv My children had cheap metal lap tables, to prevent a mess in the living room:)
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
31 Jan 21
that is so cool - you guys do good work!
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
31 Jan 21
@JudyEv i suspect the two of you had a fun discussion about that!
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@JudyEv (381802)
• Rockingham, Australia
31 Jan 21
@DocAndersen We must have put them on and off twice each. lol We'd agree we had them right then, blow me down, they'd still be on wrong. We got there in the end. 
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@kaylachan (84699)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
30 Jan 21
Very creative. And you'd be right glasses of most kinds aren't very stable on uneven ground. Having a portable table to hold things still would come in very handy.
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@JudyEv (381802)
• Rockingham, Australia
31 Jan 21
We used it in a hall last night and were very happy with it.
@JudyEv (381802)
• Rockingham, Australia
2 Feb 21
The timber is pine and it's had three coats of spray-on clear varnish.
@Deepizzaguy (122070)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
30 Jan 21
I really enjoyed reading your post on this site.
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@Deepizzaguy (122070)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
31 Jan 21
@JudyEv You are welcome.
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