He was educated at boarding school where he did some woodturning. He served in the R.A.N. and on discharge, graduated in Medicine. After being given some parts of a homemade lathe by an old patient he made up his own lathe and had a few lessons in woodturning by a woodwork teacher at the Army Apprentice School at Balcombe
He then acquired a Tough Lathe and for the next twenty years he had a stall at the Red Hill Market to raise money for a home for handicapped children.
Bill is a foundation member of the Peninsula Woodturners Guild
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Bowl made from Huon Pine with an Ebony Insert |
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Bowl from New Guinea Rosewood |
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Pot Pourie container made from a Banksia nut. |
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Nut cracker made from Blackheart Sassafras, |
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Bowl made from Apricot wood. |
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Goblet with retained rings made from an old wagon axle. |
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Pepper Grinder Blackheart Sassafras. |
