Looking to add a furniture piece to your game room that also can serve as a fun game board? Check out this coffee table that we made using an old Nok Hockey board. I loved playing Nok Hockey as a kid, but I never understood why they never came with legs. So I decided to put legs on one that I had to make it easier to play. In addition to being more comfortable to play, the legs help transform the table into a coffee table when not being played.
Here is the project:
- First you need to find a Nok hockey table or other similar game board. You can find some used at thrift store or yard sales or purchase new at a sport’s or toy store online.
- Then you need coffee table sized legs for your table. I took mine from a coffee table that I found being thrown out.
- Once you have the board and the legs, you will need a sheet of ply wood to attach to the base of the game board since the base of the board is usually just a thin sheet of laminate and not strong enough to support legs. Attach the ply wood to the game board making sure that the screws do no go through the playing area. Nok hockey usually has bumpers on the corners where you can drill holes and secure the screws.
- Once you have the ply wood attached, you can attach the legs to the board. You might have to use brackets to attach your legs to the ply wood depending on type of legs (see Card Catalog End Table). For the legs that I found, I only needed to attach with screws to the ply wood.
- Once the legs are attached, your table is ready for play and hosting.
Supplies and tools used: Nok hockey table, coffee table sized legs, ply wood, drill, screws, screwdriver
