Lewis Italiano, Jarrah Pool Table (STUDENT 2021)

For my Year 12 major project, I chose to design and construct a Jarrah Pool Table. I made the Pool Table out of locally sourced Jarrah, which is native to the area I live in, the South West of Western Australia. Some of the timber used was also reclaimed from my home which suffered from storm damage. Beams in the house needed to be replaced, so I salvaged the old Jarrah beams and used them for the rails on the base frame. I purchase a second-hand table to dismantle and use for parts, including the top and rubbers. Referencing these parts I created a 3D model of the whole Pool Table in Fusion 360, which I then formed the necessary working drawings from. The Pool Table is of a standard size and is fully functional to be able to play a game of pool. It has blackbutt inlays in each leg and also through the top rails which provide a very aesthetically pleasing feature as the Blackbutt is in good contrast to the Jarrah. I chose a blue felt for the table to give another aesthetic feature as the blue contrasted really nicely with the Jarrah. The felting of the Pool Table was the most challenging element by far as I accomplished it all myself. With no previous experience in working with fabrics, I spent hours researching and watching videos on how to achieve the best finish and it paid off, I was very happy with how the felt turned out. As the top was only MDF, I covered it in epoxy resin to harden it up and give it more rigidity. This gave it the effect of having a slate top, however, was much easier to work with and saved a lot of weight. It also features levelling feet and net pockets made from brass and leather. Overall, the Pool Table was challenging in both the design and the building stages, I learnt a lot throughout the processes and am very happy with the final product.

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