And the Sun.
And dew!
A couple of summers back (excuse me, three), I snagged this used portable picnic table. It is awesome. Remarkably strong yet extremely compact.
Upon receiving it, I noted the hole in the centre, clearly to accommodate a umbrella pole.
It took several attempts to find a suitable umbrella. Also portable. The only problem with this umbrella system, is that they designed the inner shaft inside the base with a safety mechanism so that the shaft would not slide up and out of the base. And, as such, I had no way of getting the inner shaft through the table centre.
Today, I hacked the base. I drilled out the four indents on the inner shaft safety collar. After removing the collar—with handy dandy oil filter wrenches no less—I was able to pull the inner shaft from the base. w00t!
It all fits together like a puzzle now. Looking forward to using it (in this final configuration).
(Can't say much for the colours... But heck in darkness, who cares!)
I know it actually works. Last week at the Deep Sky Observing Session, when I was packing up, the umbrella was soaked with dew, but my paperwork underneath was dry.
Now... I just gotta figure out how to string some red lights...
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