How to Fix a Shaking Folding Table

Folding tables are ideal for a variety of situations. They are inexpensive and offer quick solutions when additional surface area is needed and make durable patio or party furniture. Nothing is more annoying, though, than a folding table that shakes. A shaking folding table is distracting in most every situation, whether it is at a meal time or when playing a game. Luckily, you can quickly and easily fix a shaking folding table with a few rudimentary supplies. Does this Spark an idea?

Instructions

1

Determine the source of the shaking. Oftentimes, one leg of the folding table is uneven with the other legs, causing the table to shake. Sometimes this is no fault of the table, but of the floor upon which it sits. If the floor is uneven, then the folding table will not sit evenly.

2

Cut a piece of cardboard approximately 1/2 to 1 inch wide and 1/2 to 1 inch long with a pair of scissors. Make sure that the piece of cardboard is big enough to fit beneath the leg of the shaking folding table, but not so big that it is noticeable.

3

Lift up the leg of the table that is the source of the problem and slip the piece of cardboard beneath it. Test the table for stabilization. If it still shakes, repeat the above process on another leg if necessary. If the same leg is still the source of the problem, slip more cardboard beneath the same leg to thicken the cardboard until the leg stabilizes.