HAND TOOL PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA
Carter Tools
Carter Tools P/L
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Carter Tools is another tool manufacturer that filled the gap in handtool imports caused by wartime shortages after WWII. From my observations and those of Australian tool experts, it is clear that they were made to a range of quality standards. They can range from the very rough and basic # C4 through a well made and finished C1 to a vernier circumference finder of superb finish. Carter planes exhibit a high degree of variation in castings (size, thickness and name placement), adjusting screws, blade (shape and markings) and lever cap design. Many of the variations can no doubt be attributed to their use of different foundries. |
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Carter No 4 in new condition
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Carter No 4's showing variation in casting size
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Carter No 5
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Carter C10 Scrub Plane
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Carter Scrubplane -C10, showing variation in length
of casting
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Carter No 7
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Carter C54, Nickel Plated Type 1
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Carter C54, Nickel Plated Type 2 - note different adjusting
mechanism
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Carter C54, Blue painted type with set of cutters IOB
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Carter C71 with cutters, D stop and IOB
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Carter No 78 rebate plane
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Carter C1 (click for Super size image)
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Carter Pipe Cutter
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Carter C 40 IOB
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Carter Bench Screw
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Carter Engineering Vice
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Carter Offset Engineering Vice
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Carter "T" bar Sash Cramp
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Carter Workbench, equipped with Carter Woodworking Vice
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Carter Machine Vice
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Carter hatchet
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Carter G Clamps
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Small Carter Vice
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Carter Desk Tidy in bakelite. De-Luxe MEM-O-TRAY by
Precision Plastics Pty Ltd Sydney, Pat. Regd.Dsgn.No 28625.
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Carter Certre Finder with vernier scale. This photo
of a fine example of Carter product was kindly supplied by Fred Murrell
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Carter Pipe Vice
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Castings of No 4 and C4
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Carter No 4 size - "C4"
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Carter No 4 - Markings around knob | |
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Cap Type 2 |
Cap Type 3 |
Cap Type 4 |
Cap Type 5 |
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Uncommon Carter Mark |
Smoother |
Scrub(C10) |
Uncommon Carter Mark |
Another Mark with a close up above |
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Newly discovered Carter plane blade with laminated steel cutting edge. Picture kindly supplied by © Tom Shepard. | |||
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Laminated plane blade shown above and left. Picture kindly supplied by © Tom Shepard. | |||
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Laminated plane blade shown above & left, soft steel can be seen delaminating from hard steel backing. Picture kindly supplied by © Tom Shepard. | |||
Thanks to Rod Thomas for these pictures, .
The HTPAA welcomes any additional information, pictures and ephemera relating to Carter Tools or any other Australian Makers.
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