Hairpin Legs - tips or tricks if you can offer

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Hello,I was messing around with some scrap and I guess this "odd endtable" of sorts came together (still have a lot of areas to zip together then clean up - it's just tacked up here) - thinking possibly an oval glass top for it at some point but along the way I decided to bend some 1/4" round into hairpin legs.  It seems to be "OK" for stability - it's not anything more than maybe a decorative table I suppose.   But asking for those who do make/use hairpin legs on some things if you have any tips or tricks to ensure that the resulting height is equal to all ends once mounted.  No table wobble, top surface level/flat .........  "Asking for a friend"   This guy - eyeballed as best he could with the use of the holes and edges of the certiflat table and another straight edge - got 3 out of 4 even (always was a "C student I suppose") - so ended up coaxing the other legs out a bit to even it up.  Sits fine now - but couldn't have done that with say rebar hairpin legs.   Again - this is a light duty accent table at best and maybe has something like this "organic steel plant" I just made out of "other scrap"  -  so - not much weight - maybe 5-10 lbs
Reply:You might try turning them 90 degrees and have one end of each weld together in the middle. Like my pipe stands but with out the pipe in the middle. Attached Images