Revised 16-Dec-2000

TRINDERS' FINE TOOLS

BILL CARTER - CONTEMPORARY PLANEMAKER

English planemaker Bill Carter started his working life apprenticed as a carpenter and joiner, later working in the Leicester museum service as a joiner. Over the past 15 years he has turned his considerable craft skills to the making of fine tools, concentrating on planes - ranging from miniatures to a 26" Norris type jointer, his biggest to date. Most of the planes he makes are copies of originals seen in catalogues and books; latterly he has concentrated on metal planes. His reputation for plane-making is literally world-wide; he is acknowledged both for his exquisite hand workmanship and for his knowledge of planes. Bill and his planes have been featured in 'Woodworker', Furniture and Cabinetmaking (issue no. 33), and Garrett Hack's recent book 'Classic Hand Tools'.