VALE Kevin Davidson

KEVIN DAVIDSON 29.5.1938 - 5.6.2017

Many of you may not know the name but if ever you went to the Timber and Working With Wood Show when Vic Wood was doing the woodturning demonstrations or to the Woodies Swap Meet at Welshmans Reef you would most likely have seen him along side Vic with his Osage Orange timber. Kevin was also the inventor and original manufacturer of the Rotary Sander (now made by U-Beaut) he was an excellent woodturner and invented a number of other woodturning items like the vacuum chuck and an ingenious variable speed before variable speed lathes were common.

Kevin had been hospitalised for some time after having a jaw removal and replacement due to cancer. He was about to be discharged when sadly and suddenly he suffered a fatal heart attack.

Kevin was among the worlds better people. One of the unsung heroes of woodturning and he will be missed by those of us who knew him.

He will live on in the hearts of many.

Another turner who will be in a place where the wood is always amazing, the tools are always sharp and the finish is always 'ubeaut.

Sincerely

Neil