Turning the tables

I hadn't realised that our old patio tables were ten years old.   We had re-finished them a couple of times, but the hail storm did some damage.   We were hoping they'd last until the end of the season, but when a customer sat on one and the wood gave way, we had to replace it.   And since we need four tables the same because of the total length we need, we had to buy four new ones.   They came in flat packs.

The new ones have glass tops that I hope will be more durable through the weather, and they have steel frames (the old ones had aluminium) so they are heavy.   But they look like they will last.

Perhaps it's unfortunate that they will be always used extended, placed end-to-end, so the action to extend and retract won't get used.  It's pretty neat.