Senior Market Day Laser Cut: Pool Table

 

We have spoken on this blog about projects that are being completed by our Auroa Primary School senior (Year Seven and Year Eight) students who are using the school laser cutter to produce products for our school market day 2025.

One group has worked on developing a table game, which initially was using cues to play (see details below).   For the design of the table the school laser cutter was used to design the table.

The dimensions of the table as it stands at present and shown in the photographs is 370mm long is 210mm wide and the base is 70mm high.  It sits on a stand 60mm high.    

The print was made using bamboo composite MDF is 2mm thick.    The wood has then been stained to give the finish shown.   The felt/green look shown in the picture was purchased from a local craft store.

The holes that are shown in the picture need revising.   The students concerned intend using marbles as the playing pieces.   A further potential challenge for the students is that there is currently no track or shoot for the balls to be returned towards the starting point.   The balls currently drop down into the table when they are sunk into a hole.

The students could also further develop the rules for the game and look at ways in which to further develop tools to be used with the game.   The students had experimented with the 3D Printing of cues to play the game with, however the strength required and the skill required to use these correctly has proven to be quite challenging.

As the feature of the Market Day is 'personalisation' as well as innovation this can be addressed by having names custom built into the side of the design.