Bill Carter Handmade Planemaker.

Bill & Sarah would like to thank everyone for their enthusiasm and all their kind words praising Bill's planes and the work that he does.

Updated Thursday 30/10/08 Latest Project  

 Updated Thursday 30/10/08  For Sale

 Updated Monday 17/6/08  Last Project 1

Updated Wednesday 16/7/08 Last Project 2

 Updated Saturday 11/9/08 Technique's

 Updated Thursday 25/9/08 Favourites  

 Updated Tuesday 23/9/08 News/Events.    Louise makes a mitre plane. 

 Updated Sunday 3/8/08  Miscellaneous,

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These three beautiful planes, now in my friends collection, all made by one man and all engraved on the front with his name, J. N. Wallis.  They are all dovetailed with steel soles.  Two are a pair with Boxwood infills, the third has a very dark Rosewood infil, like Ebony.  The workmansip of these is second to none and I don't know how he did it.  I found them at different times.  The first one I found, second picture left, had no iron and no wedge, so I made a new wedge and iron.  The second 2 planes I found in a recent David Stanley sale, the middle one in the second picture had it's original wedge, but it was bent like a banana, this put most people off from buying.  Fortunately the original wedge I'd made was a perfect match for the banana shaped one, so I made another one to fit this plane, which was slightly wider than the first.  These two planes when side by side, were obviously made as a pair, as they match up exactly.

The Rosewood infilled plane when found, had a battered replaced Beech wedge, this again put the buyers off, but the rest of the plane was imaculate, so I made a new Rosewood wedge to match the original infill.  This plane, as well as being dovetailed along the sole and front and back, has a dovetailed brass support behind the back of the wedge, at the top of the rear infill.  Also when I found this plane the iron was back to front, which made the mouth look very wide, but now in it's correct position, the mouth is so tight it will only make the finest of shavings. 

Incidentally all 3 mouths are extremely fine.  The two compus soles on the Rosewood plane and one of the Boxwood planes are identical.  These must be three of the best craftsman made planes I have ever seen and are equal to any named plane maker in quality. 

I do not know who J.N. Wallis was but what a craftsman and it makes me wonder what his trade was. Perhaps someone out there knows.