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This table must sit across the threshold of a walk-in / sit-down shower, with the shower curtain draped across the table to keep the water inside.

Starting with another patio side table, as before, I installed a quartet of 5 mm stainless screws to lock the top panels in place and convert the table into a rigid assembly:

Arm Supports - wide table - overview — Arm Supports – wide table – overview

Because the shower floor is slightly higher than the bathroom floor, I conjured a set of foot pads to raise the outside legs:

Patio Side Table Feet - OpenSCAD model — Patio Side Table Feet – OpenSCAD model

The sloping top surface on the pads compensates for the angle on the end of the table legs:

Arm Supports - leg end angle — Arm Supports – leg end angle

I think the leg mold produces legs for several different tables, with the end angle being Close Enough™ for most purposes. Most likely, it’d wear flat in a matter of days on an actual patio.

Using good 3M outdoor-rated foam tape should eliminate the need for fiddly screw holes and more hardware:

Arm Supports - leg pads — Arm Supports – leg pads

The feet fit reasonably well:

Arm Supports - leg pad in place — Arm Supports – leg pad in place

They may need nonskid tape on those flat bottoms, but that’s in the nature of fine tuning.

And, as with the narrow table, it may need foam blocks to raise the top surface to arm level. Perhaps a pair of Yoga Blocks will come in handy for large adjustments.

The OpenSCAD source code as a GitHub Gist:

	// Patio Side Table Feet
	// Ed Nisley – KE4ZNU
	// 2019-03

	/* [Layout Options] */

	Layout = "Build"; // [Show,Build]

	/* [Extrusion Parameters] */

	ThreadWidth = 0.40;
	ThreadThick = 0.25;

	HoleWindage = 0.2;

	Protrusion = 0.1;

	//—–
	// Dimensions

	TapeThick = 1.0; // 3M double-stick outdoor tape

	LegWall = [2.5,3.5]; // leg walls are not the same in X and Y!

	LegBase = [36.0,19.0]; // flat on floor
	LegOuter = [31.0,19.0]; // perpendicular to leg axis
	LegInner = [28.5,11.5]; // … ditto
	LegAngle = 90 – 53; // vertical to leg

	LegRecess = [LegInner.x,LegInner.y,LegInner.x*tan(LegAngle)];

	PadWedge = 2; // to fit end of leg
	PadRadius = 4.0; // rounding radius for nice corners
	PadBase = [LegBase.x + 2PadRadius,LegBase.y + 2PadRadius,5.0];
	PadSides = 6*4;

	BathStep = 20; // offset between shower bottom and floor


	/* [Hidden] */

	EmbossDepth = 1*ThreadThick; // recess depth

	DebossHeight = 1*ThreadThick + Protrusion; // text height + Protrusion into part

	//—–
	// Useful routines

	function IntegerMultiple(Size,Unit) = Unit * ceil(Size / Unit);

	module PolyCyl(Dia,Height,ForceSides=0) { // based on nophead's polyholes

	Sides = (ForceSides != 0) ? ForceSides : (ceil(Dia) + 2);

	FixDia = Dia / cos(180/Sides);

	cylinder(r=(FixDia + HoleWindage)/2,
	h=Height,
	$fn=Sides);
	}


	//—–
	// Foot pad

	module FootPad(Riser = 0.0) {

	difference() {
	union() {
	hull()
	for (i=[-1,1], j=[-1,1]) {
	translate([i(PadBase.x/2 – PadRadius),j(PadBase.y/2 – PadRadius),0])
	cylinder(r=PadRadius,h=1,$fn=PadSides);
	translate([i*(PadBase.x/2 – PadRadius),
	j*(PadBase.y/2 – PadRadius),
	Riser + PadBase.z – PadRadius – (i-1)*PadWedge/2])
	sphere(r=PadRadius/cos(180/PadSides),$fn=PadSides);
	}
	translate([PadRadius – PadBase.x/2,0,Riser + PadBase.z])
	rotate([0,LegAngle,0])
	translate([LegRecess.x/2,0,(LegRecess.z – Protrusion)/2 ])
	cube(LegRecess – [2TapeThick,0,2TapeThick],center=true);
	}
	translate([0,0,-2*PadBase.z]) // remove anything under Z=0
	cube(4*PadBase,center=true);

	cube([17,12,2*DebossHeight],center=true);
	}

	mirror([1,0,0])
	linear_extrude(height=EmbossDepth)
	translate([0,0,0])
	text(text=str(Riser),size=10,spacing=1.05,
	font="Arial:style=Bold",
	valign="center",halign="center");
	}


	//—–
	// Build things

	if (Layout == "Build") {
	if (true) {
	translate([-0.7PadBase.x,-0.7PadBase.y,0])
	FootPad(0);
	translate([-0.7PadBase.x,+0.7PadBase.y,0])
	FootPad(0);
	}
	translate([+0.7PadBase.x,-0.7PadBase.y,0])
	FootPad(BathStep);
	translate([+0.7PadBase.x,+0.7PadBase.y,0])
	FootPad(BathStep);
	}

	if (Layout == "Show")
	FootPad();

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