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Bobby and Joseph Williams are co-owners of Williams Family Mill in Burgaw, North Carolina. They design and make wood products with an emphasis on basket weaving.

Bobby has been making bases for 20 plus years, the first 18 as a hobby to supply wife Candice’s basket weaving classes in Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Delaware, North and South Carolina. After retiring in 2018, Bobby and Joseph formed Williams Family Mill and continue to produce bases that are sold at various basket conventions, weave-ins, and online. "In 2019, we bought a CNC router* that allowed us to design and produce unique and personalized bases," says Bobby. This is in addition to other wood items along with the standard round, oval, square, and rectangular, basket bases. Williams Family Mill uses pine, cherry, maple, poplar, walnut, cypress, pecan, mahogany, and ambrosia maple in their products. 

Joseph is a late entry into the basket making world. Through the years he watched his mother and father delve into many different adventures in basket making. Two years ago, Joseph agreed to start a joint venture with his father, and Williams Family Mill was born. Joseph has been able to combine his love of wood working and technology with the addition of the CNC router. Joseph’s focus in the business is designing products, CNC milling, and new uses for the CNC. During the day, Joseph is a social worker and helps run a non-profit, Kids Making It, in Wilmington, NC. 

* A computer numerical control router is a computer-controlled cutting machine.