How to Build a Ricochet Game Table

By: Jennifer Stimpson, This Old House online

Shopping List

Supplies You Will Need

72x30-inch lauan hollow-core wood interior slab door

1x4 exterior preprimed trim boards. Get three 8-foot boards.

0000 steel wool

220-grit sandpaper

1x4 strapping to secure the legs to the door.

Banquet-table replacement legs. Get a set of two.

1 5/8-inch deck screws

Clear-gloss polyurethane. Get 1 quart.

Painter's tape

Spray paint in black satin.

White latex semigloss paint

Rub-on numbers

1-inch sewing elastic

Ladder-lock buckles (available at sewing stores); get 2

Wood pucks Get eight: four in one color and four in another

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Tools List
Tools You Will Need
- jigsaw fitted with a clean-cutting wood blade
- drill/driver fitted with a #6 countersink bit
- combination square
- plastic putty knife
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two people applying a clear coat of polyurethane to one side of a door

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Photo: Wendell Weber

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14: Insert the Elastic

1. Apply the Finish to the Door 

Using a paintbrush, apply a clear coat of polyurethane to one side of the door. Once the coat has dried (about 4 hours), give the surface some teeth to hold the next layer with 220-grit sandpaper, rubbing until the surface is smooth and cloudy white. Wipe the surface with a damp rag until the finish is clear.