The table was easy to put together, and I like the look of it. However, there is no access to the tightening knob which is located inside the table cage. We had to turn the table on its side with the umbrella in the hole to get to the knob. Then we had to guess where to tighten it since you can’t tell when the table is, um, on its side. I’m just curious, at what point did the people who made this start laughing at the innocent fool who buys this